bore
gb/bˈɔɹ/ us/bˈɔɹ/
A2
英语
~ 900
义项
0 个义项
动词
A2
action
1
To cause someone to feel bored
To make someone feel tired or not interested because something is not fun or exciting.
用法模式：
to bore [someone]
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'bore' (verb) with 'bored' (adjective describing a feeling).
近义词
tire (Suggests causing mental or emotional fatigue rather than physical fatigue.)
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weary (Often implies a deeper, more prolonged sense of tiredness or disinterest.)
反义词
entertain (Means to provide enjoyment or interest, the opposite of causing boredom.)
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fascinate (Means to strongly capture someone's interest or attention.)
搭配
bore to death
|bore stiff
|bore endlessly
主题
emotions
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
例句
- The lecture bored the students after only ten minutes.
- Long meetings can really bore me.
- He bored his friends by talking about the same topic again and again.
- This movie will bore you if you don't like slow stories.
学习者例句
- The lesson bored the class.
- This book bores me.
- He bored his brother with old stories.
- The speech bored everyone.
名词
B1
entity
2
A dull or uninteresting person or thing
A person or thing that makes people feel bored.
近义词
drag (Informal term for something tedious or dull.)
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dullard (Refers specifically to an uninteresting person.)
反义词
delight (Something that brings pleasure or joy.)
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charmer (Someone who is interesting and pleasing to be around.)
搭配
real bore
|such a bore
|bit of a bore
主题
emotions
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
例句
- He's such a bore at parties.
- The movie was a complete bore.
- That meeting was a total bore.
- She's no bore—she always has great stories.
学习者例句
- My neighbor is a bore.
- The trip was a bore.
- That game is a bore.
- He is not a bore.
动词
B1
action
3
To make a hole in something
To make a hole in something using a tool or machine.
用法模式：
to bore [a hole] in [something]
近义词
drill (Implies using a drill bit or similar tool, often mechanical.)
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pierce (Suggests making a hole by penetrating with a sharp object, sometimes smaller scale.)
反义词
seal (To close an opening so nothing can pass through.)
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fill (To put material into a hole to make it solid again.)
搭配
bore a hole
|bore through wood
|bore into rock
主题
construction
|tools
|work
|technology
例句
- They bored a hole in the wall for the cables.
- The machine can bore through solid rock.
- We need to bore holes for the screws.
- He bored into the wood with a hand drill.
学习者例句
- I bored a hole in the wood.
- They bored into the ground.
- He bored into the wall.
- We bored holes for the nails.
名词
technical
B2
quantity
4
Inside width of a tube or cylinder
The distance across the inside of a round tube or cylinder.
近义词
diameter (General term for distance across a circle; 'bore' is specific to internal measurement.)
反义词
outer diameter (Refers to the outside measurement rather than the inside measurement.)
搭配
cylinder bore
|barrel bore
|large bore
主题
engineering
|mechanics
|science
|technology
例句
- This rifle has a small bore.
- The engine's bore is 85 millimeters.
- A larger bore allows more air and fuel flow.
- They measured the bore of the pipe.
学习者例句
- The pipe has a small bore.
- The bore of the gun is narrow.
- I measured the bore of the tube.
- The engine has a big bore.
名词
technical
C1
event
5
Tidal wave moving up river channel
A wave of water that moves quickly up a river from the sea when the tide rises.
近义词
surge (A strong forward movement of water; less specific than 'tidal bore'.)
搭配
tidal bore
|river bore
主题
geography
|nature
例句
- The Severn Bore attracts many surfers each year.
- We watched the tidal bore move upriver.
- A large bore formed during the spring tide.
- The river's bore was visible from miles away.
学习者例句
- We saw the tidal bore on the river.
- The bore came in at noon.
- People watched the bore from the bridge.
- The surfers waited for the bore.
语法
词典原形
bore
IPA
GB/bˈɔɹ/
US/bˈɔɹ/
音节与重音
bore （1 个音节）
Stress on 1st syllable (bore)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: bore
- Plural: bores
Verb
- Base: bore
- 3rd Person Singular: bores
- Present Participle: boring
- Past: bored
词族
相关表达
bore stiff
1/bˈɔɹ stˈɪf/
idiom
informal
Make someone very bored and inactive
To make someone feel very bored and want to do nothing.
例句
- We were bored stiff during the meeting.
- This play will bore you stiff if you don't like history.
bore to death
1/bˈɔɹ tə dˈɛθ/
idiom
informal
Make someone extremely bored
To make someone feel very, very bored.
例句
- That documentary bored me to death.
- He bores his coworkers to death with fishing stories.
tidal bore
1/tˈaɪdəl bˈɔɹ/
fixed phrase
technical
Tidal wave moving up river channel
A wave that moves up a river from the sea when the tide comes in.
例句
- The Amazon River experiences a massive tidal bore called the pororoca.
- We planned our trip to see the tidal bore at dawn.