| 单词 | timeworn |
| 释义 | timeworn (once / 66776 pages) adj The adjective timeworn is good for describing something that's been said or done so often that it's not interesting or fresh any more. A movie with a timeworn plot has few surprises. The joke your dad tells every year at Thanksgiving has probably become timeworn, and the meal itself may seem a bit timeworn. A local government's timeworn way of not dealing with problems may finally inspire voters to make a change. Timeworn is a word that first appeared in the 1700's, sometimes spelled with a hyphen: time-worn. WORD FAMILYtimeworn USAGE EXAMPLESRecent shifts in warfare have complicated the timeworn tradition. Wall Street Journal(Nov 28, 2016) Gleaming wood floors and railings hint at the Putnam Street home’s century of life - a timeworn shell for the newfound monastery within. Washington Times(Nov 13, 2016) Something about timeworn steel railroad artifacts just reeks history, says Richard Anderson, the museum’s executive director. Seattle Times(Nov 03, 2016) adj repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse parroting some timeworn axiom Syn banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat, shopworn, stock, threadbare, tired, trite, well-worn unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual |
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