| 单词 | chore |
| 释义 | chorechore /tʃɔː $ tʃɔːr/ ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 JOB/TASKa small job that you have to do regularly, especially work that you do to keep a house clean 家庭杂务；日常琐事 everyday chores like shopping and housework 购物和做家务之类的日常琐事 We share the domestic chores. 我们分担家务。 2 BORINGsomething you have to do that is very boring and unpleasant 令人厌烦的工作 I find driving a real chore. 我觉得开车是一件很讨厌的事情。 n COLLOCATIONS adjectives a household chore (=a chore in the home) household chores such as washing and ironing clothes a daily/everyday chore When you're working it can be hard to find time for the daily chores. a domestic chore (=a chore such as cleaning or putting things away) Everyone in the flat shared the cooking and domestic chores. an administrative chore (=a chore such as writing letters or paying bills) filling in forms and other administrative chores routine chores (=done regularly) Who does most of the routine chores in your house? mundane chores (=ordinary and uninteresting) verbsthe mundane chores of everyday life do the chores I stayed at home and did the chores. perform/carry out a chore formal (=do a chore) It's good for kids to learn how to perform household chores. go about your chores (=do your chores) I got up and went about my chores, feeding the cats and making tea. help with the chores All their children help with the chores. Examples from the Corpus chore• Finding all the free-flowing wells is a chore, Kerr said.• When we opened the store, our ambition was to make shopping less of a chore, more of a pleasure.• Writing Christmas cards can be such a chore.• Their aim: to take some of the pain and the expense out of the annual chore of filing a tax return.• Washing the kitchen floor was a daily chore, and it was the one I hated most.• When I got old enough I started to have chores around the house.• One morning I saw Mrs Goreng's chauffeur grinning as he went about his chore of servicing the jeep.• Somehow he persuaded his sister to do his chores for him.• Husbands should be prepared to do their share of the household chores.• household chores• Even then, you might still finish each day feeling guilty about the many chores which inevitably remain undone.• It seemed most residents figured out how to perform their morning chores, take their kids to school and get to work.• Some of the wives and the smaller children were doing smaller chores in the fish house.• The preparation of a claim should not be the chore that it so often becomes.• However, even this chore was quickly organised to accommodate regular visits to his beloved Scourie.• Michael, come on. Do your chores, bud. (1700-1800) chare; → CHARWOMAN |
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