bore
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1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
make (a hole, well, tunnel, etc) with a revolving tool or by digging 挖, 掘, 鉆, 開鑿(洞、井、隧道等)
This drill can bore through rock. 這臺鉆機能鉆透巖石.
bore a hole in wood 在木頭上鉆個洞
bore a tunnel through a mountain 開鑿穿山隧道.
2 [Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
move by burrowing 掘進
The mole bored (its way) underground. 鼴鼠在地下挖掘(路). bore, n
1 (also `borehole) deep hole made in the ground (esp to find water or oil) 打進地下的深洞(尤指為尋找水或石油的); 井眼.
2 (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) (diameter of the) hollow part inside a gun barrel 槍膛, 炮膛(的口徑)
a twelve-bore shotgun 十二口徑滑膛槍
small-bore guns 小口徑槍.
bore vt
1 [Tn] make (sb) feel tired and uninterested by being dull or tedious 使(某人)感到厭煩(因單調或乏味)
I've heard all his stories before; they bore me/he bores me. 他的事我以前都聽說過了, 那些事[他]真使我厭煩.
I'm bored: let's go to the cinema. 我悶了, 咱們去看電影吧.
I hope you're not getting bored (by my conversation). 但愿(我的話)沒讓你厭煩.
2 (idm 習語) bore sb to `death/`tears bore sb intensely 令某人極度厭煩
Long novels bore me to tears. 我覺得長篇小說特別使人厭煩. a crashing bore => crash2. bore, n person or thing that bores; nuisance 令人討厭的人或事物; 麻煩
Don't be such a bore! 別這麼討厭!
We've run out of petrol. What a bore! 我們的汽油用完了. 真麻煩! bore n high tidal wave that moves along a narrow estuary from the sea 涌潮. bore, pt of bear2.