threadbare

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.