bores

柯林斯詞典

bore /b??/ (boring,bored,bores)

• 1. V-T If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting. 使厭煩

  Dickie bored him all through the meal with stories of the navy. 迪基整整一頓飯都在講海軍的故事，讓他厭煩。

• 2. PHRASE If someone or something bores you to tears, bores you to death, or bores you stiff, they bore you very much. 使…厭煩至極[非正式]

  Monuments and museums bore him to tears. 紀(jì)唸碑和博物館讓他厭煩透了。

• 3. N-COUNT You describe someone as a bore when you think that they talk in a very uninteresting way. 無聊的家夥

  There is every reason why I shouldn't enjoy his company – he's a bore and a fool. 我有充分的理由不和他在一起–他是個(gè)無聊的家夥，一個(gè)傻瓜。

• 4. N-SING You can describe a situation as a bore when you find it annoying. 令人討厭的事

  It's a bore to be sick, and the novelty of lying in bed all day wears off quickly. 生病是件無趣的事，整天躺在牀上的新鮮感很快就沒了。

• 5. V-T If you bore a hole in something, you make a deep round hole in it using a special tool. 鑽 (孔)

  Get the special drill bit to bore the correct size hole for the job. 找個(gè)特殊的鑽頭，鑽個(gè)尺寸郃適的孔。

• 6. N a high steep-fronted wave moving up a narrow estuary, caused by the tide 湧潮

• 7. Bore is the past tense of bear. (bear)的過去式

• 8. →see also bored , boring

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