Bore



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.钻孔; n.孔 ( a hole) ;令人厌烦的人
• ［英］ v.钻孔 ( to make a hole) ; n.孔 ( a hole) ;令人厌烦的人 ( a tiresome, dull person)
• ［类］ die : shaping / drill : boring ( 模子用来定型 / 钻用来钻孔)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb (bored; boring)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English borian; akin to Old High German borōn to bore, Latin forare to bore, ferire to strike
• Date: before 12th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to pierce with a turning or twisting movement of a tool
  • 2. to make (as a cylindrical hole) by boring or digging away material <bored a tunnel>
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to make a hole by or as if by boring
    • b. to sink a mine shaft or well
  • 2. to make one's way steadily especially against resistance <we bored through the jostling crowd>

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a usually cylindrical hole made by or as if by boring
  • b. chiefly Australian & New Zealand a borehole drilled especially to make an artesian well
• 2.
  • a. the long usually cylindrical hollow part of something (as a tube or gun barrel)
  • b. the inner surface of a hollow cylindrical object
• 3. the size of a bore: as
  • a. the interior diameter of a gun barrel; especially chiefly British gauge 1a(2)
  • b. the diameter of an engine cylinder

III. *past of bear IV. noun

• Etymology: Middle English *bore wave, from Old Norse bāra
• Date: 1601
• a tidal flood with a high abrupt front

V. noun

• Etymology: origin unknown
• Date: 1766
• one that causes boredom: as
  • a. a tiresome person
  • b. something that is devoid of interest

VI. transitive verb (bored; boring)

• Date: 1768
• to cause to feel boredom

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