| 单词 | bore |
| 释义 | bore (once / 88 pages) 1vn 2vn 3n If your friends fall asleep every time you open your mouth, you might be a bore — someone who makes the people around them bored. In 1738, Voltaire wisely wrote, “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.” But the word bore is less boring than you think, since it can function as both noun and verb. You can bore a hole into something by drilling through it with a tool, and you can also bore people by being excessively dull, repetitive, or tedious to be around. And don't forget the bore of a needle or gun barrel, which is the same as its diameter. WORD FAMILYbore: bored, borer, bores, boring, counterbore+/bored: boredly, boredom/boredom: boredoms/borer: borers/boring: boringly, boringness, borings/counterbore: counterbores USAGE EXAMPLESCertainly Sherlock avoids the boring cliche of other TV shows where guns are waved around as a threat but never actually fired. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) You'd expect the British embassy to choose something more boring, like Sting... BBC(Jan 02, 2017) There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which bore the hallmarks of Islamic militants. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall Syn|Hypo|Hyper drill spud initiate drilling operations, as for petroleum counter-drilldrill in an opposite direction trepancut a hole with a trepan, as in surgery cut separate with or as if with an instrument 2n a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes Syn|Hypo|Hyper bore-hole, drill hole shot hole drill hole for a charge of an explosive excavation a hole in the ground made by excavating 3n diameter of a tube or gun barrel 2Syn|Hyper caliber, calibre, gauge diam, diameter the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference 1v cause to be bored Syn|Ant tire interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of 2n a person who evokes boredom 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper dullard gasbag, windbag a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics nudnick, nudnik(Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest platitudinariana bore who makes excessive use of platitudes stuffed shirta bore who is extremely formal, pompous, and old-fashioned disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable n a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) Syn|Hyper aegir, eager, eagre, tidal bore tidal current, tidal flow the water current caused by the tides |
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