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

• 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。
• Mr Krugman, speaking at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, pins much of the blame on a threadbare social safety net, which has shrunk even as China has grown richer.
  在越南胡志明市举行的一个会议上指出，克鲁格曼将主要原因归咎于社会保障网络的不完善在中国日益富裕之际，该网络甚至出现了收缩。
• The shabby, threadbare dress, in its best days, couldn't have been labeled a "gown." there was no train, no veil.
  那身破旧褴褛的衣服，在新的时候也不能算是“礼服”。即没有拖裙，也没有面纱。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。