喜樂美語

這個拼法底下其實是4個不同的字，意思沒有關係， 只是長得一樣。下面分開列出來。跳到 bore (make uninterested) · bore (past tense of bear) · bore (drill a hole) · tidal bore

1

bore

n, v

核心畫面

Picture sitting trapped while someone drones on and on about something dull — your attention drains away and you feel tired and flat. That draining feeling is the core: to bore is to drain the interest out of someone; a bore is the dull thing or person that does it.

可以想成你被困在座位上，聽某人沒完沒了地講一件枯燥的事，注意力一點一點被抽乾，整個人變得疲、悶、提不起勁。這種「把興…更多收起可以想成你被困在座位上，聽某人沒完沒了地講一件枯燥的事，注意力一點一點被抽乾，整個人變得疲、悶、提不起勁。這種「把興致抽乾」的感覺就是核心：bore（動詞）是把某人的興趣抽空，a bore（名詞）就是那個會這樣抽乾你的人或事。

A second word, same spelling

2

bore

v

核心畫面

This 'bore' is not really its own word — you can think of it as 'bear' wearing a past-tense coat. Whatever bear could do (carry, hold up, give birth to, put up with), 'bore' is that same action looked back on as already done.

這個 bore 其實不是獨立的字，可以想成是動詞 bear 換上「過去式」的外套。bear 能做的事（承載、支撐、生…更多收起這個 bore 其實不是獨立的字，可以想成是動詞 bear 換上「過去式」的外套。bear 能做的事（承載、支撐、生養、忍受），bore 就是同一件事、只是擺到了過去——She bore three children（她生了三個孩子）、He bore the weight（他撐住了那重量）。

A second word, same spelling

3

bore

n, v

核心畫面

Picture a drill turning steadily into something hard, pushing a deep round hole straight through it. The action is boring; the hole or hollow it leaves behind — inside a pipe, a gun barrel, or down into the ground — is also a bore.

可以想成一支鑽頭穩穩地轉進一塊硬東西，硬是頂出一個又深又圓的洞。這個『鑽』的動作比較像 bore（動詞）；它留下的那…更多收起可以想成一支鑽頭穩穩地轉進一塊硬東西，硬是頂出一個又深又圓的洞。這個『鑽』的動作比較像 bore（動詞）；它留下的那個洞或空心——管子內壁、槍管的內孔、或往地底鑽下去的深洞——也叫 bore（名詞）。

A second word, same spelling

4

bore

n

核心畫面

Picture a single tall wall of water rushing fast up a river from the sea at certain tides — that surging wave is a bore. It is its own word, sharing only the spelling with the other meanings.

可以想成一道高高的水牆，在特定潮汐時從海口快速逆著河往上衝——這道湧上來的大浪就叫 bore（湧潮）。它是自成一格的…更多收起可以想成一道高高的水牆，在特定潮汐時從海口快速逆著河往上衝——這道湧上來的大浪就叫 bore（湧潮）。它是自成一格的字，只跟其他幾個 bore 共用拼法而已。

原始詞典資料26 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Borename

  • 1

    A surname.

boreverb詞源 1/bɔː/

  • 1

    To inspire boredom in somebody.

    • to bore someone to death
    • Reading books really bores me; films are much more exciting.
  • 2

    To make a hole through something.

    • I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
    • On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.
  • 3

    To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.

    • to bore for water or oil
    • An insect bores into a tree.
  • 4

    To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.

    • to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
    • short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore […] a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood
  • 5

    To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.

    • to bore one’s way through a crowd
    • What bustling crowds I bored.
  • 6

    To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.

    • This timber does not bore well.
  • 7

    To glare (as if to drill a hole with the eyes).

    • Their eyes bore into my back.
  • 8

    slanghobbieslifestylesportsTo push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).

    • The right hand of Curtis was open too much ; but he nevertheless had the best of the hitting in this round, till Inglis bored him down, out of the ropes.
    • Hanlan, it seems, led at about a mile, when Beach's steamer bored him, and to avoid the danger of being swamped, he put on a violent spurt and drew well clear of Beach, getting some lengths lead.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

    • They take their flight […] boring to the west.
  • 10

    obsoleteTo fool; to trick.

borenoun詞源 1/bɔː/

  • 1

    A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.

    • the bore of a cannon
    • the bores of wind-instruments
  • 2

    A borehole sunk into an artesian basin to provide a source of water.

  • 3

    The diameter of such a hole.

  • 4

    The diameter of such a hole.

    • The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.
  • 5

    The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.

  • 6

    A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.

  • 7

    A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.

  • 8

    A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.

另外 3 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.

    • My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.
  • 10

    Something dull or uninteresting.

    • What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.
    • It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses.
  • 11

    Calibre; importance.

    • Yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter.

borenoun詞源 2/bɔː/

  • 1

    A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

    • In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。