bore

柯林斯词典

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–他是個無聊的家夥，一個傻瓜。
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. 找個特殊的鑽頭，鑽個尺寸郃適的孔。
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

I was so bored that I slept through the second half of the film .
I enjoyed my course at first, but after a time I got bored with it.
He sensed (that) his guests were bored, although they were listening politely .
He grew bored of the countryside .
The novelty of these toys soon wore off and the children became bored with them.
Sometimes I enjoy my English lessons , but at other times I find them really boring.
This programme's boring - shall I turn over to BBC?
Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
This town is so boring in the evening - there's never anything happening .
Life would be bloody boring if nothing ever went wrong .