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

• 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。
• He wore his coat threadbare.
  他把外套都穿破了。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。