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。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the old man stares down at the threadbare carpet, a mangy dog chews at scraps under the kitchen sink.
  当这老人凝视脚下磨掉了毛的地毯时，一只脱了毛的狗正在厨房污水槽下嚼食残羹剩饭。
• There were no sheets, but the blanket they lay on was threadbare and smooth, and the size and springiness of the bed astonished both of them.
  那床上没有床单，可身下的毛毯早磨得光溜溜，床也是又大又松软，这倒叫他们挺好奇。
• 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。
• A lack of elegance as a consequence of wearing threadbare or dirty clothing.
  穿着破旧不堪或脏衣服而缺乏优雅。
• 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。
• 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。
• He wore his coat threadbare.
  他把外套都穿破了。