threadbare中文什么意思

adj.
(衣服由于长久穿着而)露出底子的织线的；破旧的；陈腐的，陈旧的(议论等)。

例句与用法

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1. The shabby, threadbare dress, in its best days, couldn't have been labeled a "gown."there was no train, no veil .
   那身破旧褴褛的衣服，在新的时候也不能算是“礼服”。即没有拖裙，也没有面纱。
2. The defense department generally defended its existing programs, though the rationale for them was growing threadbare .
   一般来说，国防部总是为自己的现有计划辩护，尽管这些计划的论据已日益陈腐。
3. Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak
   骄傲可能会潜藏在穿旧的斗篷下。
4. Pride may lurk under a threadbare cloak
   骄傲可能披著老一套的外衣出现。
5. Talk about getting something had become even too threadbare and ridiculous for him
   关于要找事做的那套话，连他自己都觉得乏味可笑。

英文释义

形容词

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''"
   同义词：banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, timeworn, tired, trite, well-worn
2. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"