bore
bore
bore¹ / bɔr ; bɔ: /
◙verb
1. the past tense of BEAR
• bear 的过去式
bore²
◙verb
1. [T] to make someone feel bored, especially by talking too much about something they are not interested in
• 〔尤因啰嗦〕使厌烦:
»He's the sort of person who bores you at parties.
他这人会在聚会上把你弄得很无趣。
»a film that will bore its young audience
会让年轻观众感到无聊的一部电影
»bore sb with sth
»I won't bore you with all the technical details.
我不想讲技术上的细节让大家听得没劲。
»bore sb to death / tears ( = make them very bored )
使某人厌烦得要命
2. [I,T] to make a deep round hole in a hard surface
• 钻（孔），开凿，挖（洞）:
»bore sth through / into / in sth
»The machine bores a hole through the cards.
机器会在卡纸上打一个孔。
▪ [+ through / into ]
»To build the tunnel they had to bore through solid rock.
为了修建这条隧道，他们得打通坚硬的岩石。
3. [I + into] if someone's eyes bore into you, they look at you in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable
• 〔令人不安地〕盯着看
bore³
◙noun
1. [sing.] something that is not interesting to you or that annoys you
• 令人厌烦的事:
»Waiting is a bore.
等人很没劲。
»You'll find it's a terrible bore.
你会觉得这事极为无聊。
2. [C] someone who is boring, especially because they talk too much about themselves or about things that do not interest you
• 令人厌烦的人:
»He turned out to be a crashing bore (=used to emphasize that someone is very boring) .
他这人原来无聊透顶。
3. [sing.] the measurement of the width of the inside of a long hollow object such as a pipe or the barrel of a gun
• 〔管道或枪管等的〕口径，内径:
»Take a length of piping with a bore of about 15mm.
拿一根口径为 15 毫米左右的管子来。
»12- / 16- / 20- etc bore
»a 12-bore shotgun
一把 12 毫米口径的猎枪
»wide / narrow / fine bore
»a fine bore tube
细口径管子
4. [sing.] a wave of water that moves quickly along a river from the sea at particular times of the year
• 涌潮，激潮〔指每年某个时间涌入河流的海潮〕:
»the Severn bore
塞文河涌潮
5. [C] a BOREHOLE
• 钻孔，井眼
