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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