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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 carpets had worn rather threadbare.
  地毯已磨得相当破旧了。
• In their threadbare logic and refusal to acknowledge moral complexity, these views are almost interchangeable.
  这两种观点在缺乏逻辑和拒绝承认道德的复杂性方面，可谓半斤八两。
• 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。
• The stairs opened onto a sitting room with a threadbare carpet and a small fireplace, above which hung a single large oil painting of a blonde girl who gazed out at the room with a kind of vacant sweetness.
  楼梯顶上是客厅，铺着破旧的地毯，还有个小小的壁炉，壁炉上方挂着一幅很大的油画，画上是一个金发的姑娘茫然而温柔地望着屋内。
• 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。