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单词 bore
释义

bore

See also: bóre, borë, böre, bőre, bóře, bōrě, and boré

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /boɹ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɔː/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /bo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /boə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Homophones: boar, Bohr, boor (accents with the pour–poor merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English boren, from Old English borian (“to pierce”), from Proto-Germanic *burōną. Compare Danish bore, Norwegian Bokmål bore, Dutch boren, German bohren, Old Norse bora. Cognate with Latin forō (“to bore, to pierce”), Latin feriō (“strike, cut”) and Albanian birë (“hole”). Sense of wearying may come from a figurative use such as "to bore the ears"; compare German drillen.

Boring a hole through a wooden plank with an auger.

Verb

bore (third-person singular simple present bores, present participle boring, simple past and past participle bored)

  1. (transitive) To inspire boredom in somebody.
    Reading books really bores me, films are much more exciting.
    bore someone to death
    • 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 206:
      He bores me with some trick.
    • 1881, Thomas Carlyle, Reminiscences
      […] used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
  2. (transitive) To make a hole through something.
    • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
      I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
  3. (intransitive) To make a hole with, or as if with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool.
    to bore for water or oil
    An insect bores into a tree.
  4. (transitive) To form or enlarge (something) by means of a boring instrument or apparatus.
    to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole
    • 1862, Thaddeus William Harris, A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation
      short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore […] a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood
  5. (transitive) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; to force a narrow and difficult passage through.
    to bore one's way through a crowd
    • [1716], [John] Gay, “Book III. Of Walking the Streets by Night.”, in Trivia: Or, The Art of Walking the Streets of London, London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, […], OCLC 13598122, page 79:
      What bustling crowds I bored.
  6. (intransitive) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns.
    This timber does not bore well.
  7. (transitive, sports, slang) To push or drive (a boxer into the ropes, a boat out of its course, etc.).
    • 1824, Pierce Egan, Boxiana; Or, Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism (page 600)
      The right hand of Curtis was open too much ; but he nevertheless had the best of the hitting in this round, till Inglis bored him down, out of the ropes.
    • 1885, Tresham Gilbey, Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (volume 43, page 107)
      Hanlan, it seems, led at about a mile, when Beach's steamer bored him, and to avoid the danger of being swamped, he put on a violent spurt and drew well clear of Beach, getting some lengths lead.
  8. (intransitive) To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
    • 1697, Virgil, “The Third Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 403869432:
      They take their flight […] boring to the west.
  9. (obsolete) To fool; to trick.
Synonyms
  • (make a hole through something): see also Thesaurus:make a hole
Antonyms
  • interest
Derived terms
  • bore out
  • boring clam
  • tongue-boring
  • wood-boring
  • (to make a hole): borer
  • (to inspire boredom): bored, boredom, boring
Translations
Bore of a Krupp 38 cm gun at Batterie Vara / Møvik Fort, Norway.

Noun

bore (plural bores)

  1. A hole drilled or milled through something, or (by extension) its diameter.
    the bore of a cannon
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], page 53, OCLC 1044372886:
      the bores of wind-instruments
  2. The tunnel inside of a gun's barrel through which the bullet travels when fired, or (by extension) its diameter.
  3. A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
  4. A capped well drilled to tap artesian water.
    1. The place where such a well exists.
  5. One who inspires boredom or lack of interest; an uninteresting person.
    My neighbour is such a bore when he talks about his coin collection.
  6. Something dull or uninteresting.
    What a bore that movie was! There was no action, and the dialogue was totally uncreative.
    • 1871, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks
      It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses.
  7. Calibre; importance.
    • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene vi]:
      Yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter.
Synonyms
  • See also Thesaurus:bore
Derived terms
  • artesian bore
  • bore-draw
  • bore draw
  • bore lake
  • bore needle
  • boresight, bore sight
  • bore water
  • crashing bore
  • cross bore
  • full bore
  • full-bore
  • less is a bore
  • small-bore
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *bore, bare, a borrowing from Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”), from Proto-Germanic *bērō (“that which bears or carries”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with Icelandic bára (“billow, wave”), Faroese bára (“billow, wave”). Doublet of bier.

Noun

bore (plural bores)

  1. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.
    • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 102:
      In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.
Synonyms
  • eagre
  • tidal bore
Translations

Verb

bore

  1. simple past tense of bear
  2. (colloquial) past participle of bear
    • 1746, Charles Fearne, Minutes of the proceedings of a court-martial, aſſembled […] ‎, London, page 159:
      Q. When the Fireſhip appeared to be going down towards the Real, do you think that the Dorſetſhire could have bore down in Time, to have covered and aſſiſted her?
    • 1834, Augustus Earle, A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827 […] ‎, pages 345-346:
      […] by altering their course a very little, and easily have bore down abreast of our settlement, without incurring the smallest risk!
    • 2006 February 10, Karl F. Hoffman; Jennifer M. Fitzpatrick, “The Application of DNA Microarrays in the Functional Study of Schisostome/Host Biology”, in W. Evan Secor; Daniel G. Colley, editors, Schistosomiasis, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 101:
      The end of the 20th century and the start of the new millennium have bore witness to a remarkable revolution in the way parasite/host biological interactions can be conceptually designed and experimentally studied.
  3. (proscribed) simple past tense of bare

Anagrams

  • Bero, Boer, Ebor, Ebro, robe

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh bore. Cognate with Breton beure, Old Irish báireach and Old Irish bárach, whence i mbáireach and i mbárach (“tomorrow”), modern Irish amáireach (Munster, Connaught) and Irish amárach (Donegal).

Noun

bore m

  1. morning

Mutation

  Mutation of bore  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
borevoreunchangedporeforevore

Czech

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /borɛ/
  • Rhymes: -orɛ
  • Hyphenation: bo‧re

Noun

bore

  1. vocative singular of bor ("pine wood"):

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /boːrɛ/[1]
  • Rhymes: -oːrɛ
  • Hyphenation: bo‧re

Noun

bore

  1. vocative singular of bor ("boron"):

References

  1. Čmejrková, Světla; Hoffmannová, Jana; Klímová, Jana (2013) Čeština v pohledu synchronním a diachronním (in Czech), →ISBN, page 433

Anagrams

  • oreb, robe

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Verb

bore

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of boren

Anagrams

  • boer, Ebro, robe, ober

French

Etymology

Coined by Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis Jacques Thénard in 1808, from the same root but independently of English boron.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔʁ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bore m (uncountable)

  1. boron

Further reading

  • “bore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • orbe, robe, robé

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from boren; reinforced by Old Norse bora.

Alternative forms

  • boore

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːr(ə)/

Noun

bore (plural bores)

  1. A bore, hole, puncture or indentation.
  2. A gap, cavity or piercing.
  3. (rare, euphemistic) The anus; the asshole.
Descendants
  • English: bore
  • Scots: bore, boir
References
  • “bōre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.

Verb

bore

  1. Alternative form of boryn

Noun

bore

  1. Alternative form of bor

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bora.

Verb

bore (imperative bor, present tense borer, simple past and past participle bora or boret, present participle borende)

  1. to bore or drill (make a hole through something)

Derived terms

  • borerigg

References

  • “bore” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

bore

  1. past participle of bera

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh bore, from Proto-Brythonic *bọreɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bāregos (“morning”). Cognate with Breton beure and Old Irish bárach (whence i mbárach (“tomorrow”), modern Irish amáireach and amárach).

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɛ/
    • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈbɔra/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈboːrɛ/, /ˈbɔrɛ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

bore m (plural boreau)

  1. morning

Derived terms

  • bore da (“good morning”)
  • bore coffi (“coffee morning”)
  • yfory

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
boreforemoreunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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