Word · Frequency #5929
bores
令人厌烦的人（或事物）；无聊的人（或事物）
bores is the plural of bore.
a person or thing that makes someone feel bored
- 1.
A hole drilled, bored, or milled through something.
钻、钻孔或铣削的孔。
- 2.
A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
在某些河流和河口发生的突然快速潮流,形成波浪。
- 3.
a person who evokes boredom
令人感到无聊的人
- 4.
The diameter of such a hole.
此类孔的直径。
- 5.
a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
由潮流引起的高浪(通常危险)
- 6.
The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
枪管内的通道,子弹发射时通过的地方,或(引申义)其直径。
- 7.
diameter of a tube or gun barrel
管子或枪管的直径
- 8.
A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
用于钻孔的工具,如钻头。
- 9.
A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
钻孔以获取自流井水的封闭井。
- 10.
One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
令人感到无聊或缺乏兴趣的人；无趣的人。
- 11.
Something dull or uninteresting.
无聊或无趣的事物。
- 12.
Calibre; importance.
口径；重要性。
孔；洞；钻孔；枪膛；内径；口径；涌潮；怒潮；钻头；钻孔器；自流井；钻井
In use
He is such a bore at parties because he only talks about himself.
I find lectures on that topic a real bore.
Don't be a bore; let's have some fun!
Connections
Collocations
- a crashing bore
- 极其无聊的人
- He's nice enough, but as a dinner guest he's a crashing bore.他人很好，但作为晚餐宾客，他极其无聊。
- tidal bore
- 潮涌；怒潮
- Surfers travel to the river to ride the tidal bore.冲浪者前往那条河去追乘潮涌。
- bore hole
- 钻孔
- They drilled a bore hole to test the water quality.他们钻了一个钻孔来检测水质。
- bore diameter
- 内径；口径
- The mechanic measured the bore diameter of the cylinder.机械师测量了气缸的内径。
Pop culture & quotes
- A bore is a person who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
- 无聊的人是指那种剥夺你的独处，却不给你陪伴的人。He is such a bore at parties.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
bore既是钻出的孔，也是让你无聊的人：想象钻头在工件上转出孔，你看着看着就无聊了。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、非正式闲聊、社交对话 bore 作名词表示“令人厌烦的人或事”时，通常用于非正式口语和日常交流；在正式或技术性语境中，bore 更常指“孔、内径”等含义，需根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 bore 押韵，都含 /ɔr/ 音，且都以 -ore 结尾。注意：born (/bɔrn/) 和 bored (/bɔrd/) 看起来相似，但发音不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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