threadbare

threadbare

英[ˈθredbeə(r)]美[ˈθredber]

adj.（衣服等）穿旧的，（衣料等）磨得很薄的，陈旧的，老一套的；

例句

Standing on the threadbare carpet runner in hall, my father blinks.我爸爸站在通道里破旧的地毯上,眨着眼.

The coat is worn threadbare.这件外衣已经穿旧了.

The carpets had worn rather threadbare.地毯已磨得相当破旧了.

The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing.这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。

...the government's threadbare domestic policies.*府陈腐的国内*策

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。

The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing...这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。

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ADJ-GRADED

(衣服、地毯等)破旧的，磨薄的，陈旧的

Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.

例句

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 as threadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting.

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英汉词典释义

adj.

(衣服等)穿旧的,(衣料等)磨得很薄的

陈旧的

老一套的,乏味的

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;

2. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;