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单词 outworn
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
out•worn /ˈaʊtˈwɔrn/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. out-of-date;
    no longer modern or useful:outworn economic theories.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
out•worn  (out′wôrn′, -wōrn′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. out-of-date, outmoded, or obsolete:outworn ideas; outworn methods.
  2. worn-out, as clothes.
  3. exhausted in strength or endurance, as persons.

v. 
  1. pp. of outwear. 
  • out- + worn 1555–65

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
out•wear  (out′wâr′),USA pronunciation v.t., -wore, -worn, -wear•ing. 
  1. to wear or last longer than;
    outlast:a well-made product that outwears its competition.
  2. to exhaust in strength or endurance:The daily toil had soon outworn him.
  3. to outlive or outgrow:Perhaps he will outwear those eccentricities.
  4. to wear out;
    destroy by wearing:A child outwears clothes quickly.
  5. to pass (time):trying to outwear the hours by reading.
  • out- + wear 1535–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
outwear /ˌaʊtˈwɛə/ vb ( -wears, -wearing, -wore, -worn)(transitive)
  1. to use up or destroy by wearing
  2. to last or wear longer than
  3. to outlive, outgrow, or develop beyond
  4. to deplete or exhaust in strength, determination, etc
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