feeling tired and impatient because you have lost interest in somebody/something or because you have nothing to do （对某人／事物）厌倦的；烦闷的 There was a bored expression on her face. 她脸上有一种厌倦的表情。 🔊🔊 She plays the role of a bored housewife. 她扮演无聊的家庭主妇。 She was rather bored with her life in a small town. 她在一个小镇上过着无聊的生活。 - bored with/of somebody/something | bored with/of doing something
The children quickly got bored with staying indoors. 孩子们在屋子里很快就待不住了。 🔊🔊
Homophones board | boredboard bored🔊/bɔːd/🔊/bɔːrd/- board noun
The rules were written on the board. 规则写在板上。
- board verb
They are waiting to board a plane for New York. 他们正在等待登上飞往纽约的飞机。
- bored adjective
The others began to look bored. 其他人开始显得无聊。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsa1He seemed faintly bored by the whole process. 他似乎被整个过程弄得有点烦。 He was bored with their conversation. 他对他们的谈话感到厌烦。 Some children get bored very quickly. 有些孩子很容易变得厌烦。 bored at the prospect of going shopping 想到要去商店购物就感到厌烦 The others began to look bored. 其他人开始显得无聊。 She enchants an otherwise bored audience. 她使原本无聊的听众陶醉。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- at
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- bored rigid
- bored silly
- bored stiff
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Idioms
be scared/bored witless
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to be extremely frightened or bored 被吓破了胆；乏味得要命
bored stiff/silly | bored to death/tears | bored out of your mind
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extremely bored 厌烦透了的；极其厌倦的 I remember being bored stiff during my entire time at school. 我记得整个学校生活使人厌烦得要命。 She enjoys it. Everyone else is bored silly. 她喜欢它。每个人都很无聊。 He walked along, bored out of his mind. 他一路走着，心烦意乱。 She was alone all day and bored to death. 她整天自己一个人待着，无聊得要死。
Extra ExamplesYou must be bored stiff stuck at home all day. 整天困在家里你一定闷坏了。 Personally, I was bored to death. 就个人而言，我感到无聊至死。