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full-bore

/fool-bawr, -bohr/US // ˈfʊlˈbɔr, -ˈboʊr //

全口径,全口径的,全套的,全速前进

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moving or operating at the greatest speed or with maximum power.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : to the fullest extent; with the greatest power, speed, force, etc.: The cars drove full-bore down the straightaway.

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Examples

  • To put it rather uncharitably, the USPHS practiced a major dental experiment on a city full of unconsenting subjects.

  • Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?

  • So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.

  • It used to carry livestock but sailed its final voyage with a hold full of Syrian men, women, and children.

  • Whether he gets his full due in popular culture remains to be seen.

  • It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'

  • As long as may be necessary, Sam,” replied Mr. Pickwick, “you have my full permission to remain.

  • So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.

  • It is full of poetic feeling, and the flesh tints are unusually natural.

  • A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.