threadbare
UK/'θredbeә/US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Of fabric or clothing: worn so thin that the threads show; shabby; overused and lacking originality.
（衣物）磨薄的，破旧的；陈腐的，老套的
Root Breakdown
Native Englishthreadother
+
bareother
=threadbare
Common Collocations
- 1.threadbare excuse站不住脚的借口
- 2.threadbare argument老套的论点
- 3.[threadbare carpet]破旧的地毯
- 4.[threadbare clothes]破旧的衣物
Example Sentences
- 1.
He wore a threadbare coat that had seen far better days.
- 2.
The politician's threadbare excuses failed to convince anyone in the room.