Word · Frequency #16521
gore
/gɒː/
verb
（用角或獠牙）刺伤；顶伤
To pierce or wound with a horn or tusk.
- 1.
To pierce with a horn or tusk.
用角或獠牙刺穿。
- 2.
To cut into a triangular form.
切成三角形。
- 3.
To provide with a gore.
给...装上三角形布片。
剪成三角形；裁成三角状；给…加三角布；镶拼三角布；用角或獠牙刺穿。；切成三角形。；给...装上三角形布片。
In use
The bull gored the matador during the fight.
A rhinoceros will gore anything that threatens its calf.
The deer was goring the hunter's leg before it escaped.
gore + object
The bull gored the matador.
公牛用角抵伤了斗牛士。
be gored by + agent
常用于被动语态，强调受伤原因。
He was gored by a rhinoceros during the safari.
他在狩猎旅行中被犀牛用角刺伤。
gore + object + with + instrument
The deer gored the hunter with its antlers.
Connections
Collocations
- gored by a bull
- 被公牛顶伤
- The matador was gored by a bull in the ring.斗牛士在斗牛场被公牛顶伤了。
- gored to death
- 被顶死
- A farmer was gored to death by a buffalo.一名农民被水牛顶死了。
- gored in the leg
- 腿部被顶伤
- The hunter was gored in the leg by an antelope.猎人腿部被羚羊顶伤了。
- gore someone with its horns
- 用角顶伤某人
- The goat gored the child with its horns.山羊用角顶伤了孩子。
Pop culture & quotes
- If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned.
- 这是《圣经·出埃及记》21:28的经文：若有牛用角刺死男人或女人，那牛必被石头打死。The bull gored the matador during the bullfight, causing the crowd to gasp.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
公牛角尖一顶（gore），刺穿皮肉；角尖如三角，也指三角布。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：斗牛报道、野生动物袭击新闻、文学描写 作动词表示“用角或獠牙刺伤/顶伤”时，通常用于书面或新闻报道，多出现在斗牛、野生动物袭击等场景中；日常口语中比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 gore 押韵，均含 /ɔː/ 音。注意 gone /ɡɒn/ 形近但发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，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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