threadbare
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?θredbe?(r)]
- 美式音標(biāo) ['θr?db?r]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) ['θredbε?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj. 磨破的；衣衫襤褸的；乏味的；俗套的
詞根記憶
- thread(線) + bare(露出)→露出線頭→磨破的
英漢例句
- The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing.
這件家具很破舊，顯然他是白撿來(lái)的了。 - The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
地毯已磨得相儅破舊了. - The coat is worn threadbare.
這件外衣已經(jīng)穿舊了. - The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing.
這件家具很破舊，顯然他是白撿來(lái)的了。 - The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
地毯已磨得相儅破舊了.
詞組短語(yǔ)
- Raising threadbare 起毛露底
- Threadbare Brother 表縯者
- threadbare subject 陳腐的題目
- threadbare e 磨破的
- Threadbare Gypsy Soul 歌曲名稱
短語(yǔ)
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.
- 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.