Threadbare
['θredbeə] or ['θrɛdbɛr]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; 'threadbare rugs' .
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解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:李莉斯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Napless, worn out.[2]. Trite, hackneyed, stale, beaten, common, commonplace.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Hackneyed, commonplace, trite, stale, worn_out,[See THOUGHTFUL]
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例句/造句/用法:
- Christy glanced at his own threadbare knees, and then at Fred's beautiful white trousers. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The whole indecorous threadbare ruin, from the broken shoes to the prematurely-grey scanty hair, grovelled. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He looked a complete gentleman in his rather threadbare coat and well-worn hat. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- A threadbare and venerable device, but useful upon occasion. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- It certainly was plain--threadbare--almost shabby. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Rustily drest, with his spectacles in his hand, and their very case worn threadbare. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- 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. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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