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[I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr] make (a hole, well, tunnel, etc) with a revolving tool or by digging 挖, 掘, 鉆, 開鑿（洞、 井、 隧道等）: This drill can bore through rock. 這臺鉆機能鉆透巖石. * bore a hole in wood 在木頭上鉆個洞 * bore a tunnel through a mountain 開鑿穿山隧道.
[Ipr, Ip, Tn.pr, Tn.p] move by burrowing 掘進: The mole bored (its way) underground. 鼴鼠在地下挖掘（路）.
> bore n
1 (also `borehole) deep hole made in the ground (esp to find water or oil) 打進地下的深洞（尤指為尋找水或石油的）; 井眼.
2 (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) (diameter of the) hollow part inside a gun barrel 槍膛, 炮膛（的口徑）: a twelve-bore shotgun 十二口徑滑膛槍 * small-bore guns 小口徑槍.
bore 2
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[Tn] make (sb) feel tired and uninterested by being dull or tedious 使（某人）感到厭煩（因單調或乏味）: I've heard all his stories before; they bore me/he bores me. 他的事我以前都聽說過了, 那些事[他]真使我厭煩. * I'm bored: let's go to the cinema. 我悶了, 咱們去看電影吧. * I hope you're not getting bored (by my conversation). 但願（我的話）沒讓妳厭煩.
(idm 習語) bore sb to `death/`tears bore sb intensely 令某人極度厭煩: Long novels bore me to tears. 我覺得長篇小說特別使人厭煩. a crashing bore => crash2.
> bore n person or thing that bores; nuisance 令人討厭的人或事物; 麻煩: Don't be such a bore! 別這麼討厭! * We've run out of petrol. What a bore! 我們的汽油用完了. 真麻煩! boredom / -d?m; -d?m/ n [U] state of being bored 厭煩; 厭倦.
boring / ?b?r?; ˋb?r?/ adj uninteresting; dull; tedious 無趣的; 單調的; 乏味的: a boring conversation, job, book, party 枯燥無味的談話、 工作、 書、 聚會.
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/ b?(r); b?r/ n high tidal wave that moves along a narrow estuary from the sea 湧潮.