threadbare
英 /'θredbeə/
中文释义
a.磨破的；陈腐的
adj. worn down; shabby or frayed.
常用搭配
- threadbare clothes破旧衣服
- threadbare excuses老套借口
- threadbare carpet磨损地毯
- threadbare arguments陈腐论调
例句
- His coat was threadbare at the elbows.他外套的胳膊肘处已磨破。
- The manager trotted out the same threadbare excuse.经理又搬出那套老掉牙的借口。