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单词 threadbare
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
thread•bare /ˈθrɛdˌbɛr/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. having the top, as of a fabric, worn off so that the threads of the weave lay bare:a threadbare jacket.
  2. wearing threadbare clothes;
    shabby or poor.
  3. not having enough of something needed;
    meager:That threadbare account of his told us too little of what was happening.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
thread•bare  (thred′bâr′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
  2. wearing threadbare clothes;
    shabby or poor:a threadbare old man.
  3. meager, scanty, or poor:a threadbare emotional life.
  4. hackneyed;
    trite;
    ineffectively stale:threadbare arguments.
  • Middle English thredbare. See thread, bare1 1325–75
thread′bare′ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
threadbare /ˈθrɛdˌbɛə/ adj
  1. (of cloth, clothing, etc) having the nap worn off so that the threads are exposed
  2. meagre or poor
  3. hackneyed: a threadbare argument
  4. wearing threadbare clothes; shabby
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