单词 | pore |
释义 | pore pore1 /pawr, pohr/, v.i. , pored, poring. 1. to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript. 2. to gaze earnestly or steadily: to pore over a painting. 3. to meditate or ponder intently (usually fol. by over, on, or upon): He pored over the strange events of the preceding evening. [1250-1300; ME pouren < ?] Syn. 3. ponder, scrutinize, peruse, examine. pore2 —porelike, adj. /pawr, pohr/, n. 1. a minute opening or orifice, as in the skin or a leaf, for perspiration, absorption, etc. 2. a minute interstice, as in a rock. [1350-1400; ME poore < LL porus < Gk póros passage; see EMPORIUM, FORD] |
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