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threadbare

英 [ˈθredbeə(r)]

美 [ˈθredber]

adj.  穿旧的; 磨薄的; 破旧的; 老一套的; 陈腐的

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BNC.20165 / COCA.19064

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 穿旧的;磨薄的;破旧的
      old and thin because it has been used a lot
      1. a threadbare carpet
        磨薄了的地毯
    • 老一套的;陈腐的
      that does not have much effect, especially because it has been used too much

      柯林斯词典

      • ADJ-GRADED (衣服、地毯等)破旧的,磨薄的,陈旧的
        Threadbareclothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.
        1. She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
          她盘腿坐在一块破旧的方形地毯上。
      • ADJ-GRADED (活动、想法、论点)无力的,不充分的,陈旧乏味的
        If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument asthreadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting.
        1. ...the government's threadbare domestic policies.
          政府陈腐的国内政策

      英英释义

      adj

      双语例句

      • Or, on a smaller scale, you may want to take inventory of your linens to see if you need to replenish some that have become threadbare.
        或者么,你可能会整理一份家织用品的清单来看看哪些是已经旧了需要更新换代的。
      • As the old man stares down at the threadbare carpet, a mangy dog chews at scraps under the kitchen sink.
        当这老人凝视脚下磨掉了毛的地毯时,一只脱了毛的狗正在厨房污水槽下嚼食残羹剩饭。
      • He wore his coat threadbare.
        他把外套都穿破了。
      • Add to this the fact that no one wants to be Billy No Mates and you have the recipe for an explosion of transient and threadbare friendship.
        另外,没有人希望成为没有几个朋友的可怜人,你可以拥有众多短暂而俗套的友谊。
      • She would let Bess have her room, but the mattress was so lumpy, the carpet so worn, the curtains so threadbare that Lottie's conscience pricked her.
        把她自己的卧室给碧丝住好了。但是床垫垮得太厉害,地毯太破旧,窗帘太褴褛,珞蒂有些于心不安。
      • Becky cried, and Tom tried to think of some way of comforting her, but all his encouragements were grown threadbare with use, and sounded like sarcasms.
        贝基哭起来,汤姆想另换话题来安慰她,可是她已不止一次听到他这样鼓励,现在这些鼓励的话听起来倒像是在挖苦她。
      • But Mr Park was more convincing in portraying himself as the capital's "first welfare mayor" in a country with only threadbare social-safety nets.
        但朴先生的立场更令人折服,他把自己描绘成了这个社保陈旧的国家中前无古人的“民生市长”。
      • She produced the old threadbare excuses& the alarm didn't go off, the train was late, etc.
        她说着老一套的借口&闹钟没响,火车晚点等等。
      • Life in peacetime Britain was grey, threadbare, dreary and hopeless.
        和平时期英国的生活是灰色、乏味、沉闷并且无望的。
      • My angel was sewing the ragged pieces of cloth together, threadbare and empty, like binding air.
        我的天使把每一块破烂的布都缝在一起,磨破烂了的洞像结冰的空气。