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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gore1 /ɡɔː $ ɡɔːr/ verb [transitive]  INJUREif an animal gores someone, it wounds them with its horns or tusks 〔动物用角或长牙〕顶伤 He was attacked and gored by a bull. 他遭到一头公牛袭击,被顶伤了。nGrammar Gore is often used in the passive.→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
goreWhether this phenomenon is good or bad for democracy depends on whose ox is being gored.I had not been gored, chased, or even roared at.All three stood in the hallway, the woman backed up to the wall, a finger and thumb goring her cheeks.It stirred the man in him even as it gored him.Below: An aging male babirusa that appears near to the day when it slowly gores itself through its forehead.
gore2 noun  [uncountable] literaryHBM thick dark blood that has flowed from a wound 〔伤口流出的〕浓黑的血,凝血 gory He likes movies with plenty of blood and gore (=violence). 他喜欢看很暴力血腥的电影。
Examples from the Corpus
goreA gore or gusset is, in fact, another name for a scoot.He was dimly tempted to say, though, that he knew a thing or two about gore.Yes, sir, the vicious Canuck will not rest until the Republic is lying in its own blood and gore!There is more than one way to skin a theatrical cat, and McDonagh's chosen weapons are laughter and gore.To obtain the cupped or hemispherical shape with fairly smooth lines, the number of gores should be increased with the diameter.Then you can limit the gore by just cutting off the laces to save her.The man's cheeks were tattooed with little vermilion chalices brimming with gore.His face was powder-stained and his uniform darkened with gore.blood and goreIt was covered in blood and gore which was fresh.Yes, sir, the vicious Canuck will not rest until the Republic is lying in its own blood and gore!He says it makes a change from the blood and gore on television.
Origin gore1 (1300-1400) Perhaps from gore, gare spear ((11-14 centuries)), from Old English gar gore2 Old English gor dirt
gores an Corpus if with animal it wounds someone, them


gore
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gore1 /ɡɔː $ ɡɔːr/ verb [transitive usually passive]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Origin: Perhaps from gore, gare 'spear' (11-14 centuries), from Old English gar
if an animal gores someone, it wounds them with its horns or tusks:
    He was attacked and gored by a bull.

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gore2 noun
 Language: Old English
 Origin: gor 'dirt'
[uncountable] literary thick dark blood that has flowed from a wound ⇨ gory:
    He likes movies with plenty of blood and gore (=violence).


Gore
Gore, Al /æl/
(1948–) a US politician in the Democratic Party. He was the Vice President of the US from 1993 to 2001. In 2000 he lost the election for US President even though he had won more votes than George W. Bush. Now he is better known as an environmental campaigner. He appeared in the documentary An Inconvenient Truth which won an Oscar. In 2007 he received the Nobel Peace Prize.


goreBrE /ɡɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ɡɔːr/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they gore BrE /ɡɔː(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡɔːr/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it gores BrE /ɡɔːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡɔːrz/ 🔊past simple gored BrE /ɡɔːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡɔːrd/ 🔊past participle gored BrE /ɡɔːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɡɔːrd/ 🔊 -ing form goring BrE /ˈɡɔːrɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡɔːrɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth (of an animal 动物) to wound a person or another animal with a horn or tusk (用角或长牙)顶伤,戳伤He was gored by a bull. 他被公牛顶伤。🔊🔊
goreBrE /ɡɔː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ɡɔːr/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] thick blood that has flowed from a wound, especially in a violent situation (尤指在暴力情况下)伤口流出的血,凝固的血The movie is not just blood and gore (= scenes of violence); it has a thrilling story. 这部影片不光有血淋淋的暴力场面,还有扣人心弦的情节。🔊🔊   see also gory