释义 |
ˈtime-worn, a. Worn by process of time; impaired by age.
1729Savage Wanderer v. 3 By time-worn Steps a steep Ascent we gain. 1813W. S. Walker Poems 152 On the green margin of the quiet flood,..a time-worn exile stood. 1901Birrell Misc. iii. (1902) 82 An ancient, time-worn ritual, which gives dim expression to ghostly ideas. |