timeworn

a. 陈旧的, 老朽的

发音

/ˈtaɪm.wɔɹn/

词形变化

more timeworn 比较级 most timeworn 最高级

别名

time-worn

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Showing the effects of wear due to long use.

    After walking the timeworn horizons out of Africa, I have entered a corrugated maze, a knotted crossroad of the world where landscape is read like sacrament, a labyrinth of echoing faiths called the Middle East.

  2. 2.

    Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

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

近义相关 1

unoriginal

词源

From time + worn.

来源：wiktionary