threadbare

释义

adj.（衣服等）穿旧的; （衣料等）磨得很薄的; 陈旧的; 老一套的

实用场景例句

She sat cross-legged on a threadbare rectangular rug, its edges frayed with age.

她盘腿坐在一张破旧的长方形小地毯上，边缘因年久而磨损。

金山词霸

The country's threadbare domestic policies

该国破旧的国内政策

金山词霸

a faded curtain

褪了色的窗帘

金山词霸

Life in peacetime Britain was grey threadbare dreary and hopeless.

和平时期英国的生活是灰色、乏味、沉闷并且无望的.

期刊摘选

Standing on the threadbare carpet runner in hall, my father blinks.

我爸爸站在通道里破旧的地毯上,眨着眼.

期刊摘选

Such threadbare coats and trousers never were seen in Rag Fair.

这样破破烂烂的衣服就是连在旧衣市场也看不到.

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He wore his coat threadbare.

他把外套都穿破了.

辞典例句

Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.

骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下.

期刊摘选

The deposit remains uniform State to prevent imprinted threadbare.

使不朱层保留平均状况,制止痕迹发虚、不藏底.

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Pride may lurk a threadbare cloak.

骄傲可能披著老一套的外套出现.

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The carpets had worn rather threadbare.

地毯已磨得相当破旧了.

《简明英汉词典》

Pride may lurk under threadbare cloak.

骄傲可能会躲藏在穿旧的斗篷下.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

The Defense Department generally defended its existing programs, though the rationale for them was growing threadbare.

一般来说,国防部总是为自己的现有计划辩护, 尽管这些计划的论据已日益陈腐.

辞典例句

Many remained until their clothing became threadbare but had no jewels to sew in the seams.

很多人留在中国直到衣衫褴褛,但还是没有任何珠宝可以藏在衣缝里.

期刊摘选

China's record as a citizen of the world is threadbare.

中国作为世界一员的历史极度乏善可陈.

期刊摘选

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.

辞典例句

Pride may lurk under a threadbare not cloak.

骄傲估计披著老一套的外衣呈现.

期刊摘选

Suddenly he felt something inside the lining of the threadbare jacket.

突然,他在破旧的外套夹层里感觉到了什么东西.

期刊摘选

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.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

The coat is worn threadbare.

这件外衣已经穿旧了.

《简明英汉词典》

The threadbare sofa was unmistakably salvaged without costing a cent.

这件破旧的沙发明显是分文未花救回来的。

金山词霸

英英释义

Adjective

1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;

"bromidic sermons"

"his remarks were trite and commonplace"

"hackneyed phrases"

"a stock answer"

"repeating threadbare jokes"

"parroting some timeworn axiom"

"the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"

2. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;

"threadbare rugs"