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born
the year ( )
MM, 'MM 5[C] (also bore
hole) a deep hole made in the
ground, especially to find water or oil ( )
mi, mi
see crash
v.
bored 0*w /bo:d; NAmE bo:rd/ adj.
~ (with sb/sth) | ~ (with doing sth) feeling tired and impatient because you
have lost interest in sb/sth or because you have nothing to do
frX jj/i j£j The children quickly got
bored with staying indoors. Itlii'l&ffclkxXTo
o There
was a
bored expression on her face.
HilKl bored stiff | bored to ‘death/1 tears | bored
out of your ‘mind extremely bored M'Miff T
(ft;
— more at witless
bore dom /‘boidem; NAmE ‘boirdam/ noun [U] the state of feeling bored; the
quality of being very boring X Ml JAli; ftW: I
started to eat too much out of sheer boredom. eBAMEIWAW,
0 Television helps to relieve the boredom of the long winter evenings.
bore-hole /‘boihaul; NAmE‘boirhaul/ noun = bore n.{5) bore-well /‘boiwel; NAmE ‘boirwel/ noun (IndE) a pipe that is put into a hole that has
been bored in the ground, and
used with a pump in order to get
water from under the ground fLXXX; H JItKX
boric
acid /,bo:rik
‘aesid/ noun [U] (chemistry It) (symb B(OH)3) a chemical formed from borax, used in making glass and as an antiseptic (= a substance that helps to
prevent infection in wounds) Hit bor ing 0-w /'boirir)/ adj.
not interesting; making you feel tired and
impatient 4AA# ( ) $X a boring man MAM
A 0 a boringjob/book/evening ► bor-ing-fy adv.: boringly normal XfifcABfc
bor-lot-ti
bean /ba:,lnti 'bi:n; NAmE bo:r,la:ti/ noun a type of bean with pink skin that changes to
brown when cooked ffi&Ma., )
born On /bo:n;
NAmE bairn/
verb, adj. m verb be bom (used only in the passive, without by
by) 1 (abbr. b.) to come out of your
mother’s body at the beginning of your life til X; thltt: [VN] I was born in 1976. 1976 0 She
was bom into a very musical
family. 0
He was born of/to German parents. life (ft XJl A #11 fill] A. o She was born with a weak heart. A
§§ X J0 o <> [VN-ADJ] Her brother was born blind (= was blind when he was
born).
0 [VN-N] John Wayne was born Marion Michael Morrison (= that was his name at birth). • X iS tB X frt £ S,MJS&
• 2 [VN] (of an idea, an organ
ization, a feeling, etc. Jg. , IJlAj, [jit# ^) to start to exist th M ; Jfr J®i; the city where the protest
movement was born |f[ is A: ^ it rh 0 She acted with a courage born (out) of desperation.
3 “bom (in compounds fkjj&S'n is]) born in the order, way, place, etc.
mentioned IX • ■
J¥ ( i&AiX mm ) iBX&X firstborn 0
nobly-born tB 0 French-born 'X S lB X — see
also newborn be ‘born to
be/do sth to
have sth
as your destiny
(= what is certain to happen to you) from birth AlAX; He was born to be a
great composer. Itfei AXXlft# A#
ffi Mo ,borh and ’bred born and having grown up in
a particular place with a particular background and education ( )
lBXXA; 3£iX--HI%: He was born and bred in
‘spoon in your mouth (saying) having rich parents XflU^ll; fB#^^ in all my bom 'days [old- fashioned, informal) used when you are very surprised at sth
you have never heard or seen before ( )
( XtyriX AJ1 ) : -I’ve never heard such nonsense
in all my born days. WtimmSWo
not be born
‘yesterday (informal) used
to say that you are not stupid enough to believe what sb is telling you (til ) : Oh yeah? I