单词 | worn |
释义 | worn (once / 154 pages) adj WORD FAMILY worn: worner USAGE EXAMPLESThe leather jacket he’d worn and the jukebox from “Faith.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) In the novel, a teen-ager named Theo, worn down with grim tidings, frames the problem of modern optimism in terms of scale. The New Yorker(Dec 31, 2016) But after one of the trials for obedience, Ivan was getting noticeably worn. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj affected by wear; damaged by long use worn threads on the screw a worn suit the worn pockets on the jacket Syn|Ant old of long duration; not new agedat an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) attritedworn by rubbing or friction battereddamaged especially by hard usage clapped outworn from age or heavy use and no longer able to operate (of cars or machines or people) creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneworn and broken down by hard use dog-eared, earedworn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down eroded, scouredworn away as by water or ice or wind frayedworn away or tattered along the edges mangey, mangyhaving many worn or threadbare spots in the nap moth-eaten, mothyworn or eaten away by (or as if by) moths played outworn out raggedbeing or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn raddled, worn-outused until no longer useful moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tattyshowing signs of wear and tear scruffy, seedyshabby and untidy shopsoiled, shopwornworn or faded from being on display in a store tatterdemalion, tatteredworn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing threadbarehaving the nap worn away so that the threads show through thumbed(of pages) worn or soiled by thumb and fingers by frequent handling or turning vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormyinfested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms waterworn(of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water weather-beaten, weathered, weatherwornworn by exposure to the weather well-wornshowing signs of much wear or use new unaffected by use or exposure unweatherednot worn by exposure to the weather 2adj showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens Syn careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled tired depleted of strength or energy |
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