threadbare

英 [ˈθredbeə(r)]

美 [ˈθredber]

adj.  穿旧的; 磨薄的; 破旧的; 老一套的; 陈腐的

GRETEM8

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A frayed or threadbare spot, as on fabric. a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing.
  磨损处（如织物上的）磨散或磨光绒毛之处用来磨平打磨或抛光的工具或机器。
• Even the new excuses created by technology are starting to look threadbare.
  即便是技术创造出的新借口也开始显得老套。
• Talk about getting something had become even too threadbare and ridiculous for him.
  关于要找事做的那套话，连他自己都觉得乏味可笑。
• 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。
• 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。