pore: English has two words pore. The older, ‘look attentively’ [13], may go back to a hypothetical Old English *pūrian, which might make it a relative of the nearly synonymous peer [16]. The pore in the skin [14] comes via Old French pore and Latin porus from Greek póros ‘passage’, a descendant of the Indo-European base *por- ‘going, passage’, which also produced English fare, ferry, opportunity, and port. The development of the word’s anatomical sense began in Greek. Porous [14] is derived from it. => peer; fare, ferry, opportunity, porous, port
pore (v.)
"gaze intently," early 13c., of unknown origin, with no obvious corresponding word in Old French. Perhaps from Old English *purian, suggested by spyrian "to investigate, examine," and spor "a trace, vestige." Related: Pored; poring.
pore (n.)
"minute opening," late 14c., from Old French pore (14c.) and directly from Latin porus "a pore," from Greek poros "a pore," literally "passage, way," from PIE *por- "going, passage," from root *per- "to lead, pass over" (see port (n.1)).
实用例句
1. Waves of misery penetrated every pore.
痛苦深彻骨髓。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She oozes sexuality from every pore.
她浑身上下每个毛孔都散发着性感。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I see him chafe and fret at every pore.
我看见他非常暴躁.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. It will take several more months to pore through the volumes of documents.
详细研究这大堆的文献还要多花好几个月的时间。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The cross - sectional areas of the pore openings vary along their length.
