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- with obj. make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging挖, 掘, 开凿（洞）：
they bored holes in the sides
他们在两侧凿了些洞
no obj. the drill can bore through rock.钻孔机可以在岩石上钻出洞来。
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- no obj.
bore into
figurative (of a person's eyes) stare harshly at〈喻〉（指人的双眼）严厉地盯住看： his eyes bored into hers.
他两眼严峻地盯着她的眼睛。
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- with obj. hollow out (a gun barrel or other tube)给（枪、炮管等）镗孔：
an 1100 cc road bike bored out to 1168 cc.
1100cc的摩托车被镗成了1168 cc.
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- no obj.(of an athlete or racehorse) push another competitor out of the way（运动员, 赛马）将…挤开。
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- the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube枪膛; 炮膛。
1.1
- often in combination the diameter of this; the caliber（枪、炮的）口径：
a small-bore rifle.
小口径来复枪。
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- in combination a gun of a specified bore特殊口径的枪：
he shot a guard in the leg with a twelve-bore.
他用一支12口径的枪打中了一名警卫的腿。
词源
Old English borian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to German bohren.
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- a person whose talk or behaviour is dull and uninteresting令人讨厌的人：
he can be a crashing bore.
他是个讨厌鬼。
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- in sing. a tedious or annoying situation, activity, or thing令人厌烦的事（或物）：
it's such a bore cooking when one's alone.
一个人的时候做饭真是一件讨厌的事。
with obj.
- cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or qualities使厌烦; 使厌倦：
she is too polite to bore us with anecdotes
她非常礼貌, 不会拿那些奇闻轶事来烦我们
with obj. and complement timid women quickly bore her silly.怯懦的女人很快就让她觉得烦而可笑。
短语
bore someone death（或to tears）
- make someone feel extremely bored令人厌烦得要死（或哭出来）。
词源
mid 18th cent. (as a verb)： of unknown origin.
- a steep-fronted wave caused by the meeting of two tides or by the constriction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary涌潮。
词源
early 17th cent.: perhaps from Old Norse bára 'wave'; the term was used in the general sense 'billow, wave' in Middle English.