Threadbare
['θredbeə] or ['θrɛdbɛr]
解释:
(adj.) having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; 'threadbare rugs' .
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解释:
(a.) Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
(a.) Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
录入:李莉斯
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Napless, worn out.[2]. Trite, hackneyed, stale, beaten, common, commonplace.
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同义词及反义词：
SYN:Hackneyed, commonplace, trite, stale, worn_out,[See THOUGHTFUL]
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例句:
- Christy glanced at his own threadbare knees, and then at Fred's beautiful white trousers. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- The whole indecorous threadbare ruin, from the broken shoes to the prematurely-grey scanty hair, grovelled. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- He looked a complete gentleman in his rather threadbare coat and well-worn hat. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- A threadbare and venerable device, but useful upon occasion. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- It certainly was plain--threadbare--almost shabby. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Rustily drest, with his spectacles in his hand, and their very case worn threadbare. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Mary admired the keen-faced handsome little Vicar in his well-brushed threadbare clothes more than any man she had had the opportunity of knowing. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
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