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noun pɔːpɔr A minute opening in a surface, especially the skin or integument of an organism, through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles may pass. 〔主生〕管孔；（尤指皮肤表面的）毛孔 Example sentencesExamples - Stomata are minute pores in the surface of leaves through which water vapor and gases, including carbon dioxide, pass.
- If the opening of the skin pore is sealed off from air, the result is a whitehead.
- It is also noteworthy that the cell surfaces are pocked with pores which pass to the interior.
- Skin cleansing products help remove dirt and germs from the skin surface and pores.
- The sebum flows through a narrow follicular canal or duct and empties onto the surface of the skin through a pore or opening.
Synonyms opening, orifice, aperture, hole, outlet, inlet, vent technical stoma, hydathode, ostiole, ostium, foramen
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek poros 'passage, pore'. Rhymesabhor, adore, afore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your verb pɔːpɔr [no object]pore over/through1Be absorbed in reading or studying (something) 专心阅读，钻研 I spent hours poring over cookery books 马乔里和希瑟花了几个小时的时间钻研烹调书。 Example sentencesExamples - Mick Wilson suggests a strategy of active reading that means poring over material three times.
- This has been exacerbated by having to pore over 75 hours of footage.
- Brian and his wife Theresa have spend endless hours poring through this vast accumulation of negatives before eventually settling on the photographs that they would use in the exhibition.
- I would pore over these for hours on end seeking connection, any connection, with his world.
- Why, after a few hours poring through recent news reports I have become deeply afraid of how really gosh darn-dead you're gonna get if you don't drink more.
- Lawmakers had only four hours to pore through 770 pages.
- You could spend hours poring over the strips, and still find new things to see.
- Long were the hours spent poring over the maps they thoughtfully provided.
- They went to Bali together last month, and I am certain not too much time was spent poring over Bible passages there.
- Each bird that appeared was a challenge to name; I studied them thoroughly and pored over my field guides.
- But he had fantastic photo albums of his travels all over Southeast Asia, and I used to pore over them for hours.
- They have pored through studies conducted over 85 years of psychological research.
- It is a kind of reading that invites poring over the visual to ponder spatial and material decisions.
- I remember spending hours in the library poring over orders of the Court.
- For hours, they pore over the books, consult each other in hushed Gujarati, then write things on the forms, filling them up and starting on new ones.
- They watched the video on a large screen and spent hours poring over every detail.
- Once back home, he'd spend hours in his room poring over those recordings.
- These were the studies that Nathan pored through, experimenting with different food combinations, monitoring his blood chemistry and keeping detailed records of his findings.
- I remember taking the album and poring over it, examining it for every detail.
- After hours poring over the documents I think it entirely justifiable to argue that one man acted as an agent provocateur.
- I spent hours in libraries, poring over microfilms and data and also travelled to Ayodhya.
Synonyms study, read intently, peruse, be absorbed in, scrutinize, scan, examine, go over/through - 1.1archaic Think intently; ponder.
〈古〉沉思；深思熟虑 he has thought and pored on it 当他想过且深思熟虑过这个问题之后。 Example sentencesExamples - In my house, as in many other households, there was a multivolume pictorial history of the war, over which I pored for entire mornings or afternoons, until I knew every picture by heart.
- Despite his age, Greenspan is still said to be enthralled by the statistics over which he has pored for many years.
- She indulged his taste for draughtsmanship - the two pored together for hours over architectural drawings.
- Some years ago, while poring among the items on offer at a stoop sale in Brooklyn, I came across a copy of the thirteenth printing of The Great Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith.
- Drea was poring silently over the books around her.
UsagePeople frequently confuse the verbs pore and pour. Pore is used with over or through and means ‘be absorbed in reading something’ (I spent hours poring over cookery books), while pour means ‘flow or cause to flow in a steady stream’ (water poured off the stones pour the marinade over the pork pour the tea). As pore is a much less common word, people often choose the more familiar pour, producing sentences such as she was pouring over books and studying till midnight. Although increasingly common, this use is incorrect in standard English OriginMiddle English: perhaps related to peer1. nounpôrpɔr A minute opening in a surface, especially the skin or integument of an organism, through which gases, liquids, or microscopic particles can pass. 〔主生〕管孔；（尤指皮肤表面的）毛孔 Example sentencesExamples - Skin cleansing products help remove dirt and germs from the skin surface and pores.
- The sebum flows through a narrow follicular canal or duct and empties onto the surface of the skin through a pore or opening.
- Stomata are minute pores in the surface of leaves through which water vapor and gases, including carbon dioxide, pass.
- It is also noteworthy that the cell surfaces are pocked with pores which pass to the interior.
- If the opening of the skin pore is sealed off from air, the result is a whitehead.
Synonyms opening, orifice, aperture, hole, outlet, inlet, vent
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek poros ‘passage, pore’. verbpɔrpôr [no object]pore over/through1Be absorbed in the reading or study of. 专心阅读，钻研 Heather spent hours poring over cookbooks 马乔里和希瑟花了几个小时的时间钻研烹调书。 Example sentencesExamples - Mick Wilson suggests a strategy of active reading that means poring over material three times.
- This has been exacerbated by having to pore over 75 hours of footage.
- I would pore over these for hours on end seeking connection, any connection, with his world.
- Each bird that appeared was a challenge to name; I studied them thoroughly and pored over my field guides.
- For hours, they pore over the books, consult each other in hushed Gujarati, then write things on the forms, filling them up and starting on new ones.
- I remember taking the album and poring over it, examining it for every detail.
- It is a kind of reading that invites poring over the visual to ponder spatial and material decisions.
- They went to Bali together last month, and I am certain not too much time was spent poring over Bible passages there.
- They have pored through studies conducted over 85 years of psychological research.
- These were the studies that Nathan pored through, experimenting with different food combinations, monitoring his blood chemistry and keeping detailed records of his findings.
- But he had fantastic photo albums of his travels all over Southeast Asia, and I used to pore over them for hours.
- You could spend hours poring over the strips, and still find new things to see.
- After hours poring over the documents I think it entirely justifiable to argue that one man acted as an agent provocateur.
- Brian and his wife Theresa have spend endless hours poring through this vast accumulation of negatives before eventually settling on the photographs that they would use in the exhibition.
- I spent hours in libraries, poring over microfilms and data and also travelled to Ayodhya.
- Long were the hours spent poring over the maps they thoughtfully provided.
- Lawmakers had only four hours to pore through 770 pages.
- They watched the video on a large screen and spent hours poring over every detail.
- I remember spending hours in the library poring over orders of the Court.
- Why, after a few hours poring through recent news reports I have become deeply afraid of how really gosh darn-dead you're gonna get if you don't drink more.
- Once back home, he'd spend hours in his room poring over those recordings.
Synonyms study, read intently, peruse, be absorbed in, scrutinize, scan, examine, go over, go through - 1.1archaic Think intently; ponder.
〈古〉沉思；深思熟虑 when he has thought and pored on it 当他想过且深思熟虑过这个问题之后。 Example sentencesExamples - She indulged his taste for draughtsmanship - the two pored together for hours over architectural drawings.
- Some years ago, while poring among the items on offer at a stoop sale in Brooklyn, I came across a copy of the thirteenth printing of The Great Crash by John Kenneth Galbraith.
- Drea was poring silently over the books around her.
- Despite his age, Greenspan is still said to be enthralled by the statistics over which he has pored for many years.
- In my house, as in many other households, there was a multivolume pictorial history of the war, over which I pored for entire mornings or afternoons, until I knew every picture by heart.
UsagePeople frequently confuse the verbs pore and pour. Pore is used with over or through and means ‘be absorbed in reading something’ (I spent hours poring over cookbooks), while pour means ‘flow or cause to flow in a steady stream’ (water poured off the stones; pour the marinade over the pork). As pore is a much less common word, people often choose the more familiar pour, producing sentences such as she was pouring over books and studying till midnight. Although increasingly common, this use is incorrect in standard English OriginMiddle English: perhaps related to peer. |