boring 音标拼音: [b'ɔrɪŋ]
a . 烦人的,无聊的,无趣的
烦人的,无聊的,无趣的
boring adj 1 :
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness ; "
a boring evening with uninteresting people "; "
the deadening effect of some routine tasks "; "
a dull play "; "
his competent but dull performance "; "
a ho -
hum speaker who couldn '
t capture their attention "; "
what an irksome task the writing of long letters is "-
Edmund Burke ; "
tedious days on the train "; "
the tiresome chirping of a cricket "-
Mark Twain ; "
other people '
s dreams are dreadfully wearisome " [
synonym : {
boring }, {
deadening }, {
dull }, {
ho -
hum },
{
irksome }, {
slow }, {
tedious }, {
tiresome }, {
wearisome }]
n 1 :
the act of drilling [
synonym : {
drilling }, {
boring }]
2 :
the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum [
synonym : {
boring }, {
drilling }, {
oil production }]
Bore \
Bore \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Bored };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Boring }.] [
OE .
borien ,
AS .
borian ;
akin to Icel .
bora ,
Dan .
bore ,
D .
boren ,
OHG .
por ?
n ,
G .
bohren ,
L .
forare ,
Gr . ?
to plow ,
Zend bar . [
root ]
91 .]
1 .
To perforate or penetrate ,
as a solid body ,
by turning an auger ,
gimlet ,
drill ,
or other instrument ;
to make a round hole in or through ;
to pierce ;
as ,
to bore a plank .
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I '
ll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored .
--
Shak .
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2 .
To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus ;
as ,
to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel ;
to bore a hole .
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Short but very powerful jaws ,
by means whereof the insect can bore ,
as with a centerbit ,
a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood . --
T .
W .
Harris .
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3 .
To make (
a passage )
by laborious effort ,
as in boring ;
as ,
to bore one '
s way through a crowd ;
to force a narrow and difficult passage through . "
What bustling crowds I bored ."
--
Gay .
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4 .
To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness ;
to tire ;
to trouble ;
to vex ;
to annoy ;
to pester .
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He bores me with some trick . --
Shak .
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Used to come and bore me at rare intervals .
--
Carlyle .
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5 .
To befool ;
to trick . [
Obs .]
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I am abused ,
betrayed ;
I am laughed at ,
scorned ,
Baffled and bored ,
it seems . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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Boring \
Bor "
ing \,
n .
1 .
The act or process of one who ,
or that which ,
bores ;
as ,
the boring of cannon ;
the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks .
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One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells . --
Tomlinson .
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2 .
A hole made by boring .
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3 .
pl .
The chips or fragments made by boring .
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{
Boring bar },
a revolving or stationary bar ,
carrying one or more cutting tools for dressing round holes .
{
Boring tool } (
Metal Working ),
a cutting tool placed in a cutter head to dress round holes . --
Knight .
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63 Moby Thesaurus words for "
boring ":
acupunctuation ,
acupuncture ,
arid ,
bore ,
boresome ,
broach ,
dead ,
drab ,
dreary ,
drill hole ,
drudging ,
dry ,
dull ,
empiercement ,
exhausting ,
fatiguing ,
fixing ,
flat ,
goring ,
gray ,
humdrum ,
impalement ,
irksome ,
lancing ,
long -
drawn -
out ,
monotonous ,
penetration ,
perforation ,
piercing ,
pricking ,
prolix ,
punching ,
puncture ,
puncturing ,
repetitious ,
repetitive ,
same ,
samely ,
skewering ,
soporific ,
stale ,
stupefyingly boring ,
stuporific ,
tedious ,
terebration ,
tired ,
tiresome ,
tiring ,
transfixation ,
transfixion ,
transforation ,
trepanning ,
trephining ,
unending ,
unexciting ,
uninteresting ,
unrelieved ,
weariful ,
wearing ,
wearisome ,
wearying ,
wordy ,
yawny
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