| 单词 | boring |
| 释义 | boring (once / 1455 pages) 1adj 2n As an adjective boring describes something (or someone) that is tedious, dull, and lacking in interest. As a noun, boring refers to the act of drilling a hole, or the hole itself. When a geologist's powerful drill makes a boring into the earth, you can remove a sample and learn about the history of our planet just by seeing what's contained in the boring's layers. Of course, if you aren't interested in that kind of thing, you might find a two-hour lecture on the subject a bit boring. WORD FAMILYboring: boringly, boringness, borings+/bore: bored, borer, bores, boring, counterbore/bored: boredly, boredom/boredom: boredoms/borer: borers/counterbore: counterbores USAGE EXAMPLESCertainly Sherlock avoids the boring cliche of other TV shows where guns are waved around as a threat but never actually fired. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) You'd expect the British embassy to choose something more boring, like Sting... BBC(Jan 02, 2017) An online humor site panned the four options and urged its readers to vote for what it considered the worst, a boring black-and-white option. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 adj so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness 2a boring evening with uninteresting people Syn deadening, dull, ho-hum, irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome uninteresting arousing no interest or attention or curiosity or excitement 1n the act of drilling Syn|Hyper drilling creating by removal the act of creating by removing something 2n the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum Syn|Hyper drilling, oil production production (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale |
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