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boring adj.令人厌烦的；乏味的 (1) 太叫人厌烦了。(2) 听相同的故事是令人厌烦的。(3) 他的冗长的故事听得我直打呵欠。(4) 他的发言很乏味,满是陈腐的笑话。 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.

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英 ['bɔːrɪŋ] 美 ['bɔːrɪŋ] (1) It is awfully boring.(2) It is boring to listen to the same story.(3) His long boring story made me yawn.(4) He gave a boring speech full of stale jokes. 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. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人厌烦的；无聊的 Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient. Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed.母亲们不但得不到报酬，而且她们做的那些乏味艰苦的工作常常都不为人所注意。...boring television programmes.无聊的电视节目boringlyThe meal itself was not so good — everything was boringly brown including the vegetables.这顿饭本身就不太好吃。所有的菜都是清一色令人倒胃口的褐色，包括蔬菜。

英语单词	boring
英美音标	英 ['bɔːrɪŋ] 美 ['bɔːrɪŋ]
中文释义	adj.令人厌烦的；乏味的
英语例句	(1) It is awfully boring. (2) It is boring to listen to the same story. (3) His long boring story made me yawn. (4) He gave a boring speech full of stale jokes.
中文例句	(1) 太叫人厌烦了。 (2) 听相同的故事是令人厌烦的。 (3) 他的冗长的故事听得我直打呵欠。 (4) 他的发言很乏味,满是陈腐的笑话。
vocabulary简明	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.
vocabulary扩展	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.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人厌烦的；无聊的 Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient. Not only are mothers not paid but also most of their boring or difficult work is unnoticed. 母亲们不但得不到报酬，而且她们做的那些乏味艰苦的工作常常都不为人所注意。 ...boring television programmes. 无聊的电视节目 boringly The meal itself was not so good — everything was boringly brown including the vegetables. 这顿饭本身就不太好吃。所有的菜都是清一色令人倒胃口的褐色，包括蔬菜。

Boring 英 Bɔːrɪŋ] 美 Bɔːrɪŋ Adj.令人厌烦的；乏味的 Listen Story Long