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bore

UK //bɔːr//US //bɔːr//

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。)

同义词:drill, pierce, tire, weary, annoy

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。)

同义词:drill hole, tunnel, tedium, dullness, monotony

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。)