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	/bɔːd/ /bɔːrd/
-ing form boring	/ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/

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[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 Dictionary
adverb
- easily
preposition
- with
phrases
- bore somebody rigid
- bore somebody silly
- bore somebody stiff
- …
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[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
[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。
past tense of bear

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/

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[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 Dictionary
adjective
- awful
- crashing
- dreadful
- …
phrases
- a bit of a bore
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[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 Dictionary
adjective
- real
- terrible
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[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
[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
[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

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