| 单词 | careworn |
| 释义 | careworn (once / 6424 pages) adj A person who's careworn is so tired that it shows on her face. New parents who have been up all night with a crying baby often appear careworn. Nights of interrupted sleep, working a late shift, and traveling a long distance can all make you a bit careworn. Simply fretting or worrying about something is another way for your expression to be careworn. The word emerged in the 19th century, from care, with its Old English root caru, "sorrow or anxiety," and worn, from its sense of worn out, or exhausted. WORD FAMILYcareworn USAGE EXAMPLESHer careworn father cried in the shower to hide his anguish. Washington Post(Sep 30, 2016) She was 84 at the time, unmistakable with her careworn face and the blue-and-white habit of the order she founded, the Missionaries of Charity. Washington Times(Aug 21, 2016) Deep otter-brown lines of preoccupation etched themselves permanently into his careworn face and gave him a harried look of sobriety and mistrust. Joseph Heller, Catch-22(1961) adj showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering looking careworn as she bent over her mending Syn drawn, haggard, raddled, worn tired depleted of strength or energy |
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