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threadbare

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈθredbeə(r)]
  • 美式音标 ['θrɛdbɛr]
  • 国际音标 ['θredbεə]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 磨破的；衣衫褴褛的；乏味的；俗套的

词根记忆

  • thread(线) + bare(露出)→露出线头→磨破的

同根派生

     

英汉例句

  • The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing.
    这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。
  • The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
    地毯已磨得相当破旧了.
  • The coat is worn threadbare.
    这件外衣已经穿旧了.
  • The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing.
    这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。
  • The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
    地毯已磨得相当破旧了.

词组短语

    短语

  • Raising threadbare 起毛露底
  • Threadbare Brother 表演者
  • threadbare subject 陈腐的题目
  • threadbare e 磨破的
  • Threadbare Gypsy Soul 歌曲名称

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (THIN) Threadbare material or clothes have become thin or damaged because they have been used a lot.
  • (WEAK) A threadbare excuse, argument, or idea is not strong and no longer persuades people because it is old or has been used too much.

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.
  • If you describe an activity, an idea, or an argument as threadbare, you mean that it is very weak, or inadequate, or old and no longer interesting.