threadbare是什么意思

2024-02-14 21:32:17

threadbare

美[θredber] 英[θredbeə(r)]

adj. 磨破的；陈腐的

近义词：commonplace，well-worn，trite，hackneyed，banal，worn，worn-out，shabby，ragged，thin，frayed，tatty，tattered，scruffy，stale，boring，ineffective，corny，shopworn，timeworn，tired，old-hat，stock，

详细释义

adj.(形容词)

穿旧的，破烂的，破旧的
乏味的，无趣的
陈腐的，陈旧的，老一套的，俗套的
衣衫褴褛的，穿破旧衣服的
磨破的，磨得很薄的
穿到露线的，毛绒已磨掉而露线的

英英释义

Adjective

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"
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;
"threadbare rugs"

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The carpets had worn rather threadbare.地毯已磨得相当破旧了。
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。

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