中文词源
threadbare 陈旧的，陈腐的
thread,线，bare,裸露的。引申词义陈旧的，陈腐的。
英语词源
- threadbare (adj.)
- late 14c., from thread (n.) + bare. The notion is of "having the nap worn off," leaving bare the threads.
权威例句
- 1. The furniture was threadbare; he'd obviously picked it up for nothing.
- 这件家具很破旧，显然他是白捡来的了。
- 2. The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
- 地毯已磨得相当破旧了.
- 3. The coat is worn threadbare.
- 这件外衣已经穿旧了.
- 4. She sat cross-legged on a square of threadbare carpet.
- 她盘腿坐在一块破旧的方形地毯上。
- 5. He wore his coat threadbare.
- 他把外套都穿破了.