bore
【无聊、乏味,钻孔、打孔,厌烦或烦扰】
"Bore" 是一个多义词,可以作为动词或名词,具有不同的含义,具体取决于上下文。
作为动词:
- 使感到无聊、乏味:表示让某人感到厌烦、无聊或不感兴趣,通常是由于长时间的单调或缺乏刺激。
- 例如:The lecture bored me to death.
(这场讲座把我弄得昏昏欲睡。)
- 例如:The lecture bored me to death.
- 钻孔、打孔:指通过机械手段(如钻头)在物体上打孔或形成孔洞。
- 例如:The worker bored a hole through the wall to run the cables.
(工人打了个孔穿过墙壁以便铺设电缆。)
- 例如:The worker bored a hole through the wall to run the cables.
- 使人厌烦或烦扰:指某人反复讲述、做事的方式让别人感到枯燥无味。
- 例如:She keeps talking about the same thing, and it really bores me.
(她总是讲同样的事情,真让我感到无聊。)
- 例如:She keeps talking about the same thing, and it really bores me.
作为名词:
- 孔、洞:指被打出来的孔或洞,通常是通过钻孔或挖掘的方式形成的。
- 例如:There was a bore in the metal surface where the pipe had been inserted.
(金属表面上有一个孔,是管道插入的地方。)
- 例如:There was a bore in the metal surface where the pipe had been inserted.
- (物体的)孔道、管道:指物体内部的空洞或管道,尤其是在机械设备中。
- 例如:The engine’s bore size determines its power output.
(发动机的孔径决定了其功率输出。)
- 例如:The engine’s bore size determines its power output.
常见短语:
- Bore a hole:指打孔,通常用于需要通过机械工具(如钻头)进行打孔的情境。
- 例如:You’ll need to bore a hole in the wood for the screws.
(你需要在木头上打个孔来安上螺钉。)
- 例如:You’ll need to bore a hole in the wood for the screws.
- Bore someone to tears:指让某人感到极度无聊,几乎让他们感到痛苦。
- 例如:His long speech bored us to tears.
(他冗长的演讲让我们感到无聊得要命。)
- 例如:His long speech bored us to tears.
例句:
- 动词:
- The movie was so dull that it bored me throughout.
(那部电影太枯燥了,从头到尾都让我感到无聊。) - She bored a hole in the wall to hang the picture frame.
(她在墙上打了个孔挂上了相框。)
- The movie was so dull that it bored me throughout.
- 名词:
- The pipe passed through a bore in the concrete wall.
(管道通过了混凝土墙中的一个孔。)
- The pipe passed through a bore in the concrete wall.
总结:
- Bore 作为动词时,常用来表示使人感到无聊或打孔。它也可以用来描述某种重复的、枯燥的行为。
- Bore 作为名词时,通常指打出来的孔或孔道,尤其是通过机械手段打孔的情况。