
bore
词源
源自古英语 'borian',意为'钻孔',与古诺尔斯语 'bora' 和德语 'bohren' 同源。
verb
❶ 使某人感到无聊或厌烦,通常因为某事缺乏趣味性或重复性。
“The long lecture bored the students.”
(冗长的讲座让学生们感到无聊。)
“She bored everyone with her endless stories.”
(她没完没了的故事让所有人都厌烦了。)
❶ 钻孔或挖洞,通常用工具在硬物上打孔。
“They bored a hole through the wall.”
(他们在墙上钻了一个洞。)
“The machine can bore deep into the ground.”
(这台机器可以深入地底钻孔。)
noun
❶ 令人感到无聊的人或事物,通常因为缺乏趣味或重复性。
“The meeting was a real bore.”
(这次会议真是无聊透顶。)
“He's such a bore at parties.”
(他在聚会上真是个无趣的人。)
❶ 钻孔或挖洞的行为,或由此产生的孔洞。
“The bore of the gun was perfectly smooth.”
(枪管的孔洞非常光滑。)
“They measured the bore of the pipe.”
(他们测量了管子的内径。)
常见短语
bore someone to death — 让某人极度无聊或厌烦,通常用于夸张表达。
“His long speeches bore me to death.”
(他冗长的演讲让我无聊得要死。)
bore the pants off someone — 让某人感到极其无聊,非正式表达方式。
“That lecture bored the pants off everyone.”
(那个讲座让所有人都无聊透了。)