bore
/bɔ:(r); bɔr/ v
1 [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
make (a hole, well, tunnel, etc) with a revolving tool or by digging 挖, 掘, 钻, 开凿（洞、井、隧道等）
This drill can bore through rock. 这台钻机能钻透岩石.
bore a hole in wood 在木头上钻个洞
bore a tunnel through a mountain 开凿穿山隧道.
2 [Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
move by burrowing 掘进
The mole bored (its way) underground. 鼹鼠在地下挖掘（路）. bore, n
1 (also `borehole) deep hole made in the ground (esp to find water or oil) 打进地下的深洞（尤指为寻找水或石油的）; 井眼.
2 (esp in compounds 尤用以构成复合词) (diameter of the) hollow part inside a gun barrel 枪膛, 炮膛（的口径）
a twelve-bore shotgun 十二口径滑膛枪
small-bore guns 小口径枪.
bore / bɔ:(r); bɔr/ vt
1 [Tn] make (sb) feel tired and uninterested by being dull or tedious 使（某人）感到厌烦（因单调或乏味）
I've heard all his stories before; they bore me/he bores me. 他的事我以前都听说过了, 那些事[他]真使我厌烦.
I'm bored: let's go to the cinema. 我闷了, 咱们去看电影吧.
I hope you're not getting bored (by my conversation). 但愿（我的话）没让你厌烦.
2 (idm 习语) bore sb to `death/`tears bore sb intensely 令某人极度厌烦
Long novels bore me to tears. 我觉得长篇小说特别使人厌烦. a crashing bore => crash2. bore, n person or thing that bores; nuisance 令人讨厌的人或事物; 麻烦
Don't be such a bore! 别这麽讨厌!
We've run out of petrol. What a bore! 我们的汽油用完了. 真麻烦! bore / bɔ:(r); bɔr/ n high tidal wave that moves along a narrow estuary from the sea 涌潮. bore, pt of bear2.