单词	wearing
释义	wearingwear‧ing /ˈweərɪŋ $ ˈwer-/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I find her constant questions and chatter rather wearing. Kids of that age can be very wearing, can't they? The constant arguments at home are very wearing. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It is a lengthy and wearing process. Thesaurus THESAURUS► tiring making you feel that you want to sleep or rest: · The journey was really tiring.· I’ve had such a tiring day.· It was tiring work. ► exhausting extremely tiring: · I had to drive nine hours without a break – it was exhausting.· an exhausting week of singing, acting, and dancing ► hard very tiring and difficult – used about days, journeys etc: · a hard day at work· The last part of the journey was very hard. ► wearing tiring because you have to use a lot of your mental energy, and often become bored – used about people, situations etc: · I find her constant questions rather wearing.· Kids of that age can be very wearing.· His films always tend to have the same plots, which does get rather wearing after a while. ► gruelling British English, grueling American English (also punishing) very tiring physically or mentally – used when you have to keep doing something for a long time: · a gruelling journey across the desert· a gruelling race· a punishing schedule· a punishing exercise regime ► backbreaking backbreaking work is extremely tiring and needs a lot of physical effort: · Clearing the land was slow backbreaking work.· Laborers were paid $2 a day for backbreaking farm work. ► something is a killer informal used when saying that something is extremely tiring: · Today was a real killer. ► fatiguing formal making you feel very tired: · Factory work was repetitive and fatiguing. Longman Language Activatormaking you feel tired► tiring something that is tiring makes you feel tired: · The journey was really tiring.· Sam couldn't wait for the whole tiring ordeal to be over.a tiring day/week etc: · I've had such a tiring day. I just want to take a bath and go to bed. ► exhausting something that is exhausting makes you feel very weak and very tired: · She's just returned from another exhausting lecture tour.· I had to drive nine hours without a break - it was exhausting.· Starting a small business can be the most physically and mentally exhausting task you've ever done. ► hard a hard day, journey etc is one that makes you feel very tired because you have to work very hard , travel a long distance, or deal with a lot of problems: · Taking care of a two-year-old is hard work.· It was a long hard walk back to the nearest town.· When I come home from a hard day at work, I don't feel like talking to anyone. ► wearing a person, activity, or situation that is wearing is very tiring because it uses up a lot of your mental energy: · I find her constant questions and chatter rather wearing.· Kids of that age can be very wearing, can't they? Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► wearing masks  He was attacked and robbed by two people wearing masks. ► somebody's patience is wearing thin (=they are becoming angry)· People's patience is wearing thin as the queues for visas get longer. Word family WORD FAMILYnounwearunderwearweareradjectivewearingwornverbwear making you feel tired or annoyed:  Taking care of children can be wearing.► see thesaurus at tiring
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