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单词 chore
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Definition of chore in English:

chore

noun tʃɔːtʃɔr
  • 1A routine task, especially a household one.

    日常零星工作(尤指家庭杂事)

    the early risers were up and about, doing their chores
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mary was a woman of gentle disposition who went quietly about her daily chores.
    • By the time I get up, do the usual daily chores and get everyone fed it'll be time to go to work.
    • More people than ever before have someone to do their household chores for them.
    • The household chores have had to be shared differently as she cannot cut hard vegetables or do the vacuuming.
    • Geraldine was doing her home chores when the phone rang for her Evening Press interview.
    • The family thought the young social worker had been sent to help them with household chores.
    • She missed her daily chores and annoyances and the routines of a normal life.
    • Meantime, while waiting for Graham to recover, I have a mountain of laundry and other household chores to do.
    • But at the time, a dozen years ago, cloning a gene was not the routine chore it is today.
    • Yet there are simple and safe alternatives to those everyday household cleaning chores.
    • No more will they have to face the daily domestic chores most of us take for granted.
    • Routine chores, that other people may take for granted, have inevitably become a problem.
    • Try to schedule some of your routine chores on workdays so that your days off are more relaxing.
    • She had taken the boys to school and come home to do a few minor household chores.
    • Domestic helpers are usually associated with menial jobs and household chores.
    • Her free time in the evenings and at the weekend was spent helping the family with household chores.
    • Many months passed and the guru and his disciples peacefully went about their routine chores.
    • Girls as young as four and five are expected to help with household chores and to care for their younger siblings.
    • Ben helps him 24 hours a week with the shopping, cooking, cleaning and other household chores.
    • These women are still spending nearly three hours on household chores every day!
    Synonyms
    task, job, duty, errand, thing to be done, burden
    (chores), work, domestic work, drudgery
    1. 1.1 A tedious but necessary task.
      例行工作
      he sees interviews as a chore

      他视采访为例行工作。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Tackle winter cleanup chores and repair garden tools.
      • This meant mastering the tedious chores of day-to-day living as well as making a new social life and network of friends.
      • To her, it was more of a chore, a necessary task that had to be done in order to remain alive.
      • This seems strange to some, but why should we not make something fun out of a necessary chore?
      • Video editing is a taxing chore, which is why we choose to use it on motherboards to test performance.
      • It reminds us of having to do things like install software, the most tedious of computer chores.
      • Too many of them were standing around as though fielding were merely a tedious chore to be undertaken before you got your turn at bat.
      • The week starts with demands from our jobs, lovers, friends and tedious chores.
      • In the end, ‘Not of this World’ could have been a very good movie; instead it's just a tedious chore.
      • And training - which is essential to boost your power, stamina and chin - becomes a real chore.
      • For me, it's so much more of a chore or a necessity than a pleasure.
      • As a woman I find its application the most tedious chore and will go to any lengths to avoid the process.
      • The routine is a chore, but the result is spectacular when combined with Cawley's fashion parade of nine costumes.

Origin

Mid 18th century (originally dialect and US): variant of obsolete char or chare (see charwoman).

  • charwoman from late 16th century:

    The first element of this word is from obsolete char or chare meaning ‘a turn of work, an odd job, chore’. Chore (mid 18th century) is a variant.

Rhymes

abhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

Definition of chore in US English:

chore

nountʃɔrCHôr
  • 1A routine task, especially a household one.

    日常零星工作(尤指家庭杂事)

    the early risers were up and about, doing their chores
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Girls as young as four and five are expected to help with household chores and to care for their younger siblings.
    • By the time I get up, do the usual daily chores and get everyone fed it'll be time to go to work.
    • The family thought the young social worker had been sent to help them with household chores.
    • Meantime, while waiting for Graham to recover, I have a mountain of laundry and other household chores to do.
    • More people than ever before have someone to do their household chores for them.
    • She had taken the boys to school and come home to do a few minor household chores.
    • Yet there are simple and safe alternatives to those everyday household cleaning chores.
    • Mary was a woman of gentle disposition who went quietly about her daily chores.
    • These women are still spending nearly three hours on household chores every day!
    • Geraldine was doing her home chores when the phone rang for her Evening Press interview.
    • Domestic helpers are usually associated with menial jobs and household chores.
    • Routine chores, that other people may take for granted, have inevitably become a problem.
    • The household chores have had to be shared differently as she cannot cut hard vegetables or do the vacuuming.
    • Ben helps him 24 hours a week with the shopping, cooking, cleaning and other household chores.
    • Many months passed and the guru and his disciples peacefully went about their routine chores.
    • No more will they have to face the daily domestic chores most of us take for granted.
    • She missed her daily chores and annoyances and the routines of a normal life.
    • Try to schedule some of your routine chores on workdays so that your days off are more relaxing.
    • But at the time, a dozen years ago, cloning a gene was not the routine chore it is today.
    • Her free time in the evenings and at the weekend was spent helping the family with household chores.
    Synonyms
    task, job, duty, errand, thing to be done, burden
    1. 1.1 An unpleasant but necessary task.
      例行工作
      he sees interviews as a chore

      他视采访为例行工作。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • To her, it was more of a chore, a necessary task that had to be done in order to remain alive.
      • For me, it's so much more of a chore or a necessity than a pleasure.
      • And training - which is essential to boost your power, stamina and chin - becomes a real chore.
      • Tackle winter cleanup chores and repair garden tools.
      • The week starts with demands from our jobs, lovers, friends and tedious chores.
      • In the end, ‘Not of this World’ could have been a very good movie; instead it's just a tedious chore.
      • It reminds us of having to do things like install software, the most tedious of computer chores.
      • The routine is a chore, but the result is spectacular when combined with Cawley's fashion parade of nine costumes.
      • This seems strange to some, but why should we not make something fun out of a necessary chore?
      • Video editing is a taxing chore, which is why we choose to use it on motherboards to test performance.
      • As a woman I find its application the most tedious chore and will go to any lengths to avoid the process.
      • This meant mastering the tedious chores of day-to-day living as well as making a new social life and network of friends.
      • Too many of them were standing around as though fielding were merely a tedious chore to be undertaken before you got your turn at bat.

Origin

Mid 18th century (originally dialect and US): variant of obsolete char or chare (see charwoman).

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