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单词 terebrate
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terebrateadj.

/ˈtɛrɪbrət/
Etymology: < Latin terebra borer + -ate suffix2.
Entomology.
Furnished with, or formed as, a terebra (terebra n. 2).
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c1904 in Encycl. Dict. Suppl.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

terebratev.

/ˈtɛrɪbreɪt/
Etymology: < participial stem of Latin terebrāre to bore.
Now rare.
transitive. To bore, pierce, perforate; to penetrate by boring. Also absol. In quot. 1774, to form by boring. In quots. 1855, 1869 humorously for bore v.2
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > make (an opening or hole) [verb (transitive)] > make an opening or hole in or into > bore, pierce, or perforate
through-shooteOE
borec1000
thirlc1000
through-boreOE
piercec1330
wimblec1440
entera1500
perforate1538
foraminate1599
terebrate1623
drilla1657
forate1657
pertund1657
perviate1657
drill1674
transforate1727
tirl1825
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium
sadeOE
weary1340
tire?a1513
accloy1530
irka1535
attediate1603
tedify1614
bore1768
vapour1774
ennui1804
terebrate1855
bind1929
feed1933
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Terebrate, to pierce with a Wimble.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 100 If wee consider the threefold effect of Jupiters Trisulke, to burne, discusse and terebrate . View more context for this quotation
1717 T. Robinson in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 475 The Insects suck and terebrate the Tree.
1758 J. Clubbe Misc. Tracts (1770) 100 An incrustated surface..too hard for my finer sort of gimblets to terebrate.
1774 G. White Let. 26 Feb. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 176 The bank-martin terebrates a round and regular hole in the sand or earth.
1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 250 O for a world where..blunted dulness terebrates in vain!
1869 Sat. Rev. 14 May 582 They [women] succeed by dint of perseverance; their terebrating powers are, in the long run, irresistible.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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