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单词 threadbare
释义
threadbare
adjective
uk
/ˈθred.beər/us
/ˈθred.ber/

threadbareadjective(THIN)

Threadbarematerialorclotheshavebecomethinordamagedbecause they have been used a lot:
（织物或衣服）磨光露底的，穿旧的
a threadbarecoat磨破的外套
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Textiles: describing words
  • billowy
  • bonded
  • breathable
  • brushed
  • clingy
  • diaphanous
  • fleecy
  • floaty
  • fluted
  • gauzy
  • handknit
  • moire
  • mothproof
  • quilting
  • ruched
  • shag
  • waterproof
  • weatherproof
  • woollen
  • woolly
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threadbareadjective(WEAK)

A threadbareexcuse,argument, orideais notstrongand nolongerpersuadespeoplebecause it isoldor has been used too much:
（借口、论点或想法）陈旧的，老一套的
a threadbareexcuse老掉牙的借口
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Tedious and uninspiring
  • anonymous
  • banal
  • basic
  • be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
  • bland
  • lifelessness
  • marginal
  • marmoreal
  • meh
  • menial
  • slow
  • soul-destroying
  • soulless
  • spinach
  • staid
  • stale
  • stuffy
  • tame
  • turgid
  • worthy
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(Definition ofthreadbarefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

threadbare| American Dictionary

threadbare
adjective
us
/ˈθredˌbeər/
(ofmaterial)lookingwornandthinfrom much use:
Herclotheswerefadedand threadbare.
(Definition ofthreadbarefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofthreadbare

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The environment of our society, relative to others of its kind, looksthreadbare.
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First, they are ratherthreadbarein terms of control variables.
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She is nearly featureless, beyond perfunctory indications of gender, and thethreadbaremetaphor of her wheel.
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Our vision, our belief, our metaphysic is wearing woefully thin, and the art is wearing absolutelythreadbare.
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With more than two decades of the sociological analysis of science behind us it cannot come as a surprise that legends are becomingthreadbare.
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The likelier prospect is a morethreadbaresafety net, obliging public clients and the uninsured to travel farther, wait longer, and (perhaps) get less attentive care.
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Our parliamentary delegation was then prevented from travelling to the crisis region for a variety of completelythreadbarereasons.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I thought that the coat looked a littlethreadbare, but it might just about last out to the next election.
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We could not afford to make proposals anything like asthreadbareas these.
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They referred to the poor laundry service,threadbaresheets and a toilet without a seat at a teaching hospital.
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I believe, said that the debate was already starting to run a triflethreadbare.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In the absence of any such efforts, this proposal is prettythreadbare.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not want to be tempted into probing more deeply that ratherthreadbareobject, the social contract.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I feel that there are possiblities there, and that many of us who find our pockets, after many years, getting ratherthreadbare.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Ministerial bluster will not hide thethreadbarenature of past promises and the present failure to deliver.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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