单词 | battered |
释义 | battered From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbatteredbat‧tered /ˈbætəd $ -ərd/ adjective1 OLD/NOT NEWold and in bad condition a battered old suitcase2 → battered woman/wife/husband/baby etcExamples from the Corpusbattered• a battered 1969 Ford• There was nothing in his office except for a few battered chairs.• Under the window was an easel and a stool and beside it a battered chest of drawers.• Oil stocks were looking battered following a slide in the price of crude.• He carried the same battered green journal with him on all his travels.• A small, battered house in a small battered terrace; the buildings appeared to be leaning on one another for support.• Alex and Lisa used to drive around town in a battered old Fiat Uno.• His shock decision - on the eve of Labour's party conference - threw a lifeline to battered Premier John Major.• He could see the battered standard lamp, the mirror, the dowdy wallpaper.• It was a small, battered tin money-box.• He looked up and saw a plane following him down; it too had a battered wing-tip. |
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