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单词 threadbare
释义 threadbare
 —threadbareness,  n.  
 /thred"bair'/,  adj.  
  1. having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
  2. wearing threadbare clothes; shabby or poor: a threadbare old man.
  3. meager, scanty, or poor: a threadbare emotional life.
  4. hackneyed; trite; ineffectively stale: threadbare arguments.
 [1325-75; ME thredbare. See THREAD, BARE1]
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