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

• repeated too often
  1. bromidic sermons
  2. his remarks were trite and commonplace
  3. hackneyed phrases
  4. a stock answer
  5. repeating threadbare jokes
  6. parroting some timeworn axiom
  7. the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
  Synonym:banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)timeworntiredtritewell-worn
• having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
  1. threadbare rugs

双语例句

• In their threadbare logic and refusal to acknowledge moral complexity, these views are almost interchangeable.
  这两种观点在缺乏逻辑和拒绝承认道德的复杂性方面，可谓半斤八两。
• He had thrummed upon this topic till it is threadbare.
  他对这个问题一再发言已使它成为陈词滥调。
• But, with much of this wealth tied up in horrific stock markets, tycoons are a looking a little more threadbare.
  然而，由于大部分财富绑牢在可怕的股票市场，巨富们的外表看起来没那么光鲜了。
• Nearly naked, both males and females wore ill-fitting shorts or old-fashioned knickerbockers, and three or four had donned threadbare jerseys.
  他们几乎是光着身子，无论男女都穿不合身的短裤或老式的灯笼裤，有三四个穿着破旧的运动衫。
• Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.
  骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And blue is the colour of the jeans area, where the most unusual fabrications include broken, threadbare and jacquard jeans, coated textures and stretch weave effects.
  提花，涂层和弹性面料上，制造磨破，同时也被广泛地用于牛仔服装。
• 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。