well-worn

well-worn读音音标

英[\\\'welw\\\'ɔ:n]

美[ˈwɛlˈwɔrn, -ˈworn]

基本意思释义

adj.用旧了的，陈腐的，平凡的

短语及实用例句

To use a well-worn cliche, it is packed with information.

说得老套一点，其内容翔实。

柯林斯例句

Before you is a well-worn path of beaten earth.

在你面前是一条踩出来的陈年小道。

柯林斯例句

He poured himself coffee and slipped into an old , well - worn armchair.

他倒了一杯咖啡,坐到一张破旧的扶手椅子.

辞典例句

Sitting there in a well - worn waterproof, she talked with striking familiarity of the courts of Europe.

她坐在那儿,穿着一件旧雨衣, 谈笑自若,显得对欧洲各国的风土人情多么熟悉.

辞典例句

He began to search in the right - hand pocket of his well - worn and baggy linen suit.

他开始在那件磨得很旧的,肥大的衣服上的右边口袋里东摸西摸.

辞典例句

If there is a well - worn path, it is someone else\'s path, not yours.

如果有一条很 现成 的路, 那是别人走过的路, 不是你要走的路.

Like a well worn jersey with holes in the sleeves, it � � s the comfort of the familiar.

就像一件穿旧了的、袖子上满是窟窿的套衫, 那是熟悉的东西,给人以慰藉.

He began to search in the righthand pocket of his well - worn and baggy linen suit.

他开始在那件磨得很旧的,鼓鼓的衣服上的右边口袋里东摸西摸.

Here and there sat well - worn tables and deskes and the remnants of a campfire.

到处都是用旧了的桌子和椅子,还有篝火的灰烬.

真题例句

Along with old classics like \"carrots give you night vision\" and \"Santa doesn\'t bring toys to misbehaving children\", one of the most well-worn phrases of tired parents everywhere is that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

英英释义

Adjective

1. showing signs of much wear or use

2. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;

\"bromidic sermons\"

\"his remarks were trite and commonplace\"

\"hackneyed phrases\"

\"a stock answer\"

\"repeating threadbare jokes\"

\"parroting some timeworn axiom\"

\"the trite metaphor `hard as nails\'\"