threadbare
英 [ˈθredbeə(r)]
美 [ˈθredber]
adj. 穿旧的; 磨薄的; 破旧的; 老一套的; 陈腐的
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- a threadbare carpet
磨薄了的地毯
- a threadbare carpet
- 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.- 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。
- She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
- 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.- ...the government's threadbare domestic policies.
政府陈腐的国内政策
- ...the government's threadbare domestic policies.
英英释义
adj
- repeated too often
- 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'
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
- threadbare rugs
双语例句
- The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
地毯已磨得相当破旧了。 - 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。 - 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。 - The textile sector is a huge employer with threadbare margins that have been worn away by currency appreciation and rising input costs.
纺织行业提供了大量的就业机会,而它的利润却被人民币升值及日益上涨的投入成本所蚕食。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。