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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Entrance Hall is a large room with peeling wallpaper, threadbare carpet, gas lamps, and a serpent-shaped, cobwebby candleabra.
  一楼门廊是一个巨大的房间，墙上贴着剥落的墙纸，破旧的地毯，煤气灯和一个大蛇形状的蛛网状枝形吊灯和枝形烛台。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Defence Department generally defended its existing programs, though the rationale for them was growing threadbare.
  一般来说，国防部总是为它自己的计划辩护，尽管这些计划的论据已日益显得陈腐。
• 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。