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bore

verb
🔊/bɔː(r)/
🔊/bɔːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bore
🔊/bɔː(r)/
🔊/bɔːr/
he / she / it bores
🔊/bɔːz/
🔊/bɔːrz/
past simple bored
🔊/bɔːd/
🔊/bɔːrd/
past participle bored
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🔊/bɔːrd/
-ing form boring
🔊/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
🔊/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] to make somebody feel bored, especially by talking too much（尤指因啰嗦）使厌烦
    • bore somebody I'm not boring you, am I?我没有让你厌烦吧，是不是？🔊🔊
    • bore somebody with something Has he been boring you with his stories about his trip?他是不是用他旅游的见闻在烦你？🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • I won't bore you with too many details.我不会拿太多细节来烦你。
    • I'm very easily bored.我很容易感到厌倦。
    • That lecture bored me to tears!那个讲座让我烦得要命！
    • He was a restless child and easily bored.他是个坐不住的孩子，很容易不耐烦。
    Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • easily
    preposition
    • with
    phrases
    • bore somebody rigid
    • bore somebody silly
    • bore somebody stiff
    • …
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  2. [intransitive, transitive] to make a long deep hole with a tool or by digging钻，凿，挖（长而深的洞）
    • bore into/through something The drill is strong enough to bore through solid rock.这把钻足以钻透坚固的岩石。🔊🔊
    • bore something (in/through something) to bore a hole in something在某物体上挖个洞
  3. [intransitive] bore into somebody/something (of eyes眼睛) to stare in a way that makes somebody feel uncomfortable盯着看
    • His blue eyes seemed to bore into her.他的一双蓝眼睛似乎要穿透她。🔊🔊
  4. past tense of bear
    5. Word Originverb senses 2 to 3 Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren. verb sense 1 mid 18th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin.

bore

noun
🔊/bɔː(r)/
🔊/bɔːr/
 Idioms
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  1. [countable] a person who is very boring, usually because they talk too much（常因话多）令人厌烦的人Topics Feelingsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • awful
    • crashing
    • dreadful
    • …
    phrases
    • a bit of a bore
    See full entry
  2. [singular] a situation or thing that is boring or that annoys you烦人的状况（或事情）
    • It's such a bore having to stay late this evening.今天晚上得熬夜了，真是烦人。🔊🔊
    • It’s a real bore having to meet my aunt for lunch.要见婶婶并和她一起吃午饭，真是很烦人。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • real
    • terrible
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  3. [countable]
    (also gauge especially in North American English)
    the hollow inside of a tube, such as a pipe or a gun; the measurement from one side of the hole to the other（管道、枪炮等的）孔，内径，口径；膛径
    • a tube with a wide/narrow bore内径宽／窄的管子
    • a twelve-bore shotgun一支十二口径猎枪
  4. [countable] a strong, high wave that rushes along a river from the sea at particular times of the year（海水涌入江河的）涌潮，激潮Topics Geographyc2
  5. [countable]
    (also borehole)
    a deep hole made in the ground, especially to find water or oil（尤指找水或石油的）探孔，钻孔
    6. Word Originnoun sense 3 and noun sense 5 Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren. noun senses 1 to 2 mid 18th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin. noun sense 4 early 17th cent.: perhaps from Old Norse bára ‘wave’; the term was used in the general sense ‘billow, wave’ in Middle English.
Idioms
a crashing bore
  1. (old-fashioned, British English) a very boring person, activity, event or subject讨厌透顶的人