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

threadbare

(θredbeəʳ )

1. adjective

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.

Synonyms: shabby, worn, frayed, old

2. adjective

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.

Synonyms: hackneyed, common, tired, stale

单词	threadbare
释义	threadbare (θredbeəʳ ) 1. adjective 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. Synonyms: shabby, worn, frayed, old 2. adjective 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. Synonyms: hackneyed, common, tired, stale
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