auger-hole

n. hole made by the point of a carpenter’sauger,very small hole,very small place（木工的）钻孔，很小的孔，很小的地方。
△Mac.2.3.128 (121): “Whatshould be spoken here,where our fate,/ Hid in anauger-hole,may rush and seize us?”i.e.Here,whereeven a small and unsuspected hiding-place may con-ceal murder,waiting to rush out and seize us. (Donal-bain understands that their own lives are too in dan-ger.)在这里有什么好说，我们的厄运躲在一个不测的小孔里，随时可以冲出来把我们捉住。