Skip to main content

bora

/bawr-uh, bohr-uh/US // ˈbɔr ə, ˈboʊr ə //UK // (ˈbɔːrə) //

玻拉,玻瑞

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Meteorology.

    • : a violent, dry, cold wind blowing from the north or northeast.

Examples

  • Osama bin Laden was far from alone at Tora Bora when American military units had him within their reach.

  • But from Tora Bora onward, political life in America became one frustration after the next.

  • It was no secret that the core of al Qaeda retreated to Tora Bora in the previous weeks.

  • Instead, the military opted to send forty additional Army special operators to Tora Bora.

  • First show this morning was Zoe Jourdan, with MTV's Laura Whitmore in the front row, followed by Bora Aksu.

  • Bora on April 27, 1852, this prelate was a man of great culture and a distinguished linguist, who had travelled considerably.

  • Luther's marriage with Katharine of Bora was blessed with six children, who were raised severely but piously.

  • All of them, moreover, suffer from the visitations of the bora, which blows from the north sometimes for weeks on end.

  • Luther married Catharine de Bora, an escaped nun—a remarkably handsome woman.

  • Under the rising moon we came in through the perilous passage of the reef of Bora Bora and dropped anchor off Vaitapé village.