threadbare的中文翻译是什么意思
threadbare
adj. （衣服等）穿旧的; （衣料等）磨得很薄的; 陈旧的; 老一套的
threadbare的柯林斯释义
ADJ-GRADED(衣服、地毯等)破旧的，磨薄的，陈旧的
Threadbare clothes, carpets, and other pieces of cloth look old, dull, and very thin, because they have been worn or used too much.
She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
她盘腿坐在一块破旧的方形地毯上。
ADJ-GRADED(活动、想法、论点)无力的，不充分的，陈旧乏味的
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.
...the government's threadbare domestic policies.
政府陈腐的国内政策
threadbare的英文释义
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
threadbare的场景例句
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.
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.
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.
He wore his coat threadbare.
他把外套都穿破了.
Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak.
骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下.