英语词汇“tire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tire¹

(tīr)

v. tired, tir·ing, tires

v.intr.

1. To lose energy or strength; grow weary: When you're sick, you tend to tire easily.

2. To grow bored or impatient: The audience tired after the first 30 minutes of the movie.

v.tr.

1. To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue: The long walk tired me.

2. To exhaust the interest or patience of.

[Middle English tiren, from Old English tēorian, tyrian; see deu-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: tire¹, weary, fatigue, exhaust
These verbs mean to cause or undergo depletion of energy, strength, or interest. Tire often suggests a state resulting from exertion, excess, dullness, or ennui: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson).
Weary often implies dissatisfaction, as that resulting from what is irksome or boring: found the long journey wearying; soon wearied of their constant bickering. Fatigue implies great weariness, as that caused by stress or overwork: "fatigued by an endless rotation of thought and wild alarms" (Mary Wollstonecraft).
To exhaust means to wear out completely, and it connotes total draining of physical or emotional strength: "Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners" (Oscar Wilde). "Following a similar 'tempest' he had ... actually apologized to me for his misbehavior ... Scenes such as I had just been a participant in fractured my spirit, exhausted me" (William Styron).

单词	tire
释义	tire¹ (tīr) v. tired, tir·ing, tires v.intr. 1. To lose energy or strength; grow weary: When you're sick, you tend to tire easily. 2. To grow bored or impatient: The audience tired after the first 30 minutes of the movie. v.tr. 1. To diminish the energy or strength; fatigue: The long walk tired me. 2. To exhaust the interest or patience of. [Middle English tiren, from Old English tēorian, tyrian; see deu-¹ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] *Synonyms:* tire¹, weary, fatigue, exhaust These verbs mean to cause or undergo depletion of energy, strength, or interest. Tire often suggests a state resulting from exertion, excess, dullness, or ennui: "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" (Samuel Johnson). Weary often implies dissatisfaction, as that resulting from what is irksome or boring: found the long journey wearying; soon wearied of their constant bickering. Fatigue implies great weariness, as that caused by stress or overwork: "fatigued by an endless rotation of thought and wild alarms" (Mary Wollstonecraft). To exhaust means to wear out completely, and it connotes total draining of physical or emotional strength: "Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners" (Oscar Wilde). "Following a similar 'tempest' he had ... actually apologized to me for his misbehavior ... Scenes such as I had just been a participant in fractured my spirit, exhausted me" (William Styron).
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