| 单词 | wear out |
| 释义 | wear out 1. phrasal verb B1+ When something wears out or when you wear it out, it is used so much that it becomes thin or weak and unable to be used any more. Every time she consulted her watch, she wondered if the batteries were wearing out. [VERB PARTICLE] Horses used for long-distance riding tend to wear their shoes out more quickly. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He wore out his shoes wandering around Mexico City. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 If something wears you out, it makes you feel extremely tired. [informal] The past few days had really worn him out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] The young people run around kicking a ball, wearing themselves out. The effect of the continuous attacks has been to wear out his troops. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. ergative phrasal verb If someone wears out their welcome with you, or if it wears out, they spend a lot of time with you and you are no longer happy about it. You can also say that a feeling wears out or is worn out. 'Could you not stay with us?'—'Oh, we don't want to wear out our welcome.' [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] His stubborn resistance eventually wore out the patience of his superiors. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] No matter how often they turn up, their welcome never wears out. [VERB PARTICLE] 4. See also worn out See full dictionary entry for wear |
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