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pore

noun
🔊/pɔː(r)/
🔊/pɔːr/
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  1. one of the very small holes in your skin that sweat can pass through; one of the similar small holes in the surface of a plant or a rock （皮肤上的）毛孔；（植物的）气孔；孔隙see also porousTopics Appearancec2, Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • blocked
    • clogged
    • open
    • …
    verb + pore
    • block
    • clog
    • open
    • …
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    Word Originnoun late Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek poros ‘passage, pore’.

pore

verb
🔊/pɔː(r)/
🔊/pɔːr/
Word Originverb Middle English: perhaps related to the verb peer.
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pore
🔊/pɔː(r)/
🔊/pɔːr/
he / she / it pores
🔊/pɔːz/
🔊/pɔːrz/
past simple pored
🔊/pɔːd/
🔊/pɔːrd/
past participle pored
🔊/pɔːd/
🔊/pɔːrd/
-ing form poring
🔊/ˈpɔːrɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpɔːrɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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