boring

alesatura

Lavorazione che allarga un foro già esistente con un utensile da taglio preciso.

In inglese semplice: The process of making an existing hole wider with a precise cutting tool.

• Boring makes the hole wider.
• The workshop uses a lathe for boring.
• Accurate boring leaves the inside of the cylinder smooth.

Espressioni comuni: precision boring, boring operation, boring head

noioso

Che non suscita interesse e fa desiderare di fare altro.

In inglese semplice: Something that does not interest you and makes you wish you were doing something else.

• This film is boring.
• We left the boring lecture early.
• Why are these meetings always so boring?

Sinonimi: dull, uninteresting, tedious

Contrari: interesting, exciting

Espressioni comuni: boring film, boring job, really boring, boring lecture

annoiato

Che si annoia perché non ha nulla di interessante da fare; nell’inglese standard si usa bored.

In inglese semplice: Feeling unhappy or restless because you have nothing interesting to do; a nonstandard use of “bored.”

• I feel boring with nothing to do.
• He said he was boring while waiting alone.
• She felt boring after hours without anything to do.

Sinonimi: bored

Contrari: interested

Espressioni comuni: feel boring, be boring