threadbare

a. 衣服磨薄了的, 穿旧了的, 衣着褴褛的, 俗套的, 乏味的

发音

UK /ˈθɹɛdbɛə/
其它
UK /-bɛː/
US /ˈθɹɛdˌbɛ(ə)ɹ/

词形变化

more threadbare 比较级 threadbarer threadbarest most threadbare 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.

  2. 2.

    In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.

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  3. 3.

    Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.

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  4. 4.

    An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence.

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  5. 5.

    Of a person: wearing clothes of threadbare (sense 1) material; hence, impoverished, poor.

    古体 废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

tired stock banal commonplace trite hackneyed old hat shopworn timeworn well-worn

近义相关 2

worn unoriginal

词源

PIE word *bʰosós From Middle English thred-bar, thred-bare (“of cloth, clothing, etc.: worn to such an extent that the warp and weft threads show, shabby, worn-out; (figurative) inadequate, poor”) [and other forms], from thred (“piece of textile twine”) (from Old English þrǣd (“thread”), from Proto-Germanic *þrēduz (“thread; twisted fibre”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to drill, pierce; to rub; to turn, twist”)) + bar, bare (“naked, unclothed, bare; not covered”) (from Old English bær (“naked, bare; unconcealed”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bazaz (“naked, bare”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós (“bare; barefoot”)). The English word is analysable as thread + bare.

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