单词	tattered
释义	tatteredtat‧tered /ˈtætəd $ -ərd/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A man in tattered blue dungarees was busy in the garage. She was poorly dressed in a tattered knit sweater. The old diary was yellowed and tattered. The old man clutched a tattered copy of "War and Peace." The shirt was now tattered beyond recognition. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A guy in tattered cut-offs and garish sport shirt stands on a rock, brandishing a sword above his head. An old woman in tattered clothes walked down the street pushing a dilapidated pram. Dollarisation was the last card in ex-president Jamil Mahuad's tattered pack of policies. He dressed like a willful teenager, favoring jeans so tattered you could see his boxer shorts through them. Russo says many clients still bound into his styling chair clutching tattered pictures of Claudia Schiffer. She stared in horror at the whitened, frozen cadavers which lay there under a tattered, canvas sheet. They hung on him loosely, like a tattered dress. We sat on the ground on a filthy piece of cloth beside a clump of tattered belongings. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorthings made of paper or cloth that are in bad condition► shabby clothes, books etc that look shabby are no longer in good condition because they are old and have been used a lot: · John was standing in the doorway in his shabby blue suit.· She wore shabby black clothes, with holes in the elbows of her jacket. ► worn something such as material or cloth that is worn is thinner or weaker in particular parts as a result of being used a lot over a long time: · There was a worn Persian rug on the parquet floor.· We used to cut up worn blankets to make sleeping bags for the children.· The brake pads are very worn. ► tattered clothes or books that are tattered are old and torn: · The old man clutched a tattered copy of "War and Peace".· The shirt was now tattered beyond recognition. ► threadbare clothes, curtains, carpets etc that are threadbare have become extremely thin and weak because they have been used so much: · She stood shivering in her threadbare dress.· There was a clean but threadbare rug on the floor beside the bed. ► tatty British clothes or books that are tatty are in bad condition and slightly torn because they have been used a lot: · At the window of the cottage hang tatty, faded curtains.· Some of our textbooks are starting to look rather tatty. ► battered something that is battered is in bad condition and looks old especially because it has been used a lot: · He carried the same battered green journal with him on all his travels.· a battered old suitcase ► dog-eared a book, page, photograph etc that is dog-eared is torn and bent at the edges because it has been used a lot: · Professor Brightly walked into the lecture hall with a pile of dog-eared notes under his arm.· On the other wall was a dog-eared calendar with faded pictures. when something has been torn► torn when something made of cloth or paper has been torn: · He was wearing torn trousers and a ragged jacket.· The pages of the book were torn and faded.get torn: · If the cover of a book gets torn, the library sends it to be repaired. ► be in shreds if a piece of cloth or paper is in shreds , it has been torn and damaged so much that it has almost fallen apart: · The curtains hung in shreds and the carpet was worn thin.· The clothes were handed down in the family, and by the time they reached the last child, they were in shreds. ► frayed clothes or things made of cloth that are frayed are torn a little along the edges, usually because they have been used a lot: · He had on frayed jeans and an old white shirt.frayed at the cuffs/collar/edges etc: · The jacket was a little frayed at the cuffs. ► tattered cloth, paper, or a piece of clothing that is tattered is torn in many places, especially because it has been used a lot: · A man in tattered blue dungarees was busy in the garage.· The old diary was yellowed and tattered. ► ragged clothes or things made of cloth that are ragged are torn and untidy, often because the people who own them are very poor: · The blanket she wore over her shoulders was ragged and filthy.· A man in ragged clothes was begging on the corner. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody's nerves are tattered/frayed/shattered (=they feel very nervous or worried)· Everyone's nerves were frayed by the end of the week. clothes, books etc that are tattered are old and torn:  He produced a tattered envelope from his pocket.
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