2020-12-01
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด P – pore & pour
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Pore & Pour = ‘PAWR’
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree
Pore = read with attention;
a minute orifice as in the skin
Not to be confused with:
poor – needy; penniless; destitute; poverty-stricken
pour – rain heavily; send a liquid flowing: pour coffee
Farlex Trivia Dictionary
pour
- diffuse - Based on Latin diffundere, "pour out," from fundere, "pour," it means "to spread out."
- geyser - From Icelandic Geysir, "hot spring," from Old Norse geysa, "pour or rush forth."
- refund - First meant "pour back," and comes from Latin re- and fundere, "to pour."
- gluck, glug - Gluck or glug is the light repetitive gurgling sound of liquid being poured from a bottle.
Collins English Dictionary
pourer n
Usage: The verbs pour and pore are sometimes confused:
she poured cream over her strudel;
she pored (not poured) over the manuscript
Collins COBUILD English Usage
Pore – pour
These words are both pronounced (/pɔː@r/).
1. 'pore'
A pore is a small hole in the skin of a person or animal.
There was dirt in the pores around his nose.
2. 'pore over'
If you pore over something
such as a piece of writing or a map,
you examine it carefully.
We spent hours poring over travel brochures.
3. 'pour'
If you pour a liquid, you cause it to flow out of a container.
The waiter poured the wine into her glass.
If it is pouring, it is raining very heavily.
It was absolutely pouring.
4. 'poor'
Note that the adjective poor (/pʊə@r/)
is sometimes pronounced (/pɔː@r/).
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Pore & Pour
Question:
When you're attentively studying,
are you poring over or pouring over the materials?
Answer:
poring
How to Remember It:
One reason this word trips us up is that
both pour and pore are often followed by over.
But in this case, it probably helps to think literally.
When we're intently studying something, nothing is actually pouring
(i.e., flowing, leaking) onto the object of study;
in fact, if something did pour onto what you're poring over, your task would be far more difficult. The less familiar verb pore is correct.
(Pore actually has the same root as pour, but of course that only adds to the confusion.)
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
pore & pour
When used as a verb, “pore” has the unusual sense of “scrutinize,”
as in “She pored over her receipts.”
If it’s coffee or rain, the stuffpours.
