| 单词 | wear-out |
| 释义 | wear-outor wear·out[ wair-out ] / ˈwɛərˌaʊt / nounthe act or fact of wearing out; a worn-out condition: wear-out at the knees of pants. Origin of wear-outFirst recorded in 1895–1900; noun use of verb phrase wear out Words nearby wear-outwearing apparel, wearing course, wearisome, wear off, wear one's heart on one's sleeve, wear-out, wear out one's welcome, wearproof, wear the pants, wear thin, wear two hats Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wear-out
British Dictionary definitions for wear-outwear out verb (adverb)to make or become unfit or useless through wear (tr) to exhaust or tire Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with wear-outwear out Become or cause to become unusable through long or heavy use, as in She wears out her shoes in no time, or The coupling in this device has worn out. [Early 1400s] Exhaust, tire, as in I was worn out from packing all those books. Also see tired out. [First half of 1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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