bore
verb- [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 ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1I 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- with
- bore somebody rigid
- bore somebody silly
- bore somebody stiff
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- bore somebody
- [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
- bore into/through something
- [intransitive] bore into somebody/something
(of eyes )眼睛 to stare in a way that makes somebody feel uncomfortable 盯着看 - 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.