Definition of threadbare in English:

threadbare

adjective ˈθrɛdbɛːˈθrɛdbɛr

1(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age.
（衣物）穿旧的，磨光露底的；（室内陈设品等）露底的，露白的；破旧的
tatty rooms with threadbare carpets
铺着破旧地毯的旧房间。
Example sentencesExamples
- He frequently appeared in a threadbare and ragged cloak.
- She wrapped her inadequate, threadbare cape more securely around herself and pulled the hood down a little more to keep out the biting wind.
- The cap is certainly too threadbare to be a public appearance prop.
- The bedding was threadbare, but freshly laundered and the floor appeared to have been fitted with a new carpet.
- Their great old houses overflow with rough medieval furniture, threadbare tapestries and religious relics worn smooth by the touch of generations.
- Christian conservatism and hysterical anti-communism formed the parties' threadbare ideological framework and served to counterbalance various interests.
- Both our little beds are a mishmash of sheets and blankets and threadbare pillows and the floor is covered in our old sports trophies and other such junk.
- Surprisingly, it is a greatly-crafted piece, but due to the formula being recycled continuously since its original appearance, the messages are now somewhat threadbare, causing the play to lose its potency.
- The bed had a thick straw pallet for mattress, and the sheets were threadbare and grubby, but they had slept on worse.
- Much more needs to be done if the already rickety and threadbare credibility of the Church is ever going to be restored.
- He was issued with a thin mat and a threadbare blanket and taken to the cell block.
- Underneath were pictures of dockers' children in threadbare clothes.
- The tables were chipped, the carpet is threadbare, the seats have lost all their padding and comfort.
- The threadbare carpets were covered by cheap rugs.
- I had two dresses, one nightgown, three pair of undergarments and a thin, threadbare cloak.
- The wind was bitter against his bare legs and feet, and it tore straight through his threadbare clothing.
- She stopped, then slowly walked over to stand in the middle of the large, round room, looking down at the threadbare rug.
- The grey carpets were threadbare and the furniture was falling apart.
- But his eyes were still bright, and his threadbare old khaki police uniform shirt still bore his many medals.
- It has high filigreed ceilings and threadbare carpet, a winding native wood staircase, cracked stained glass.
Synonyms
worn, well worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered
decrepit, shabby, scruffy, unkempt
having seen better days, falling apart at the seams, in shreds, in tatters, falling to pieces
informal tatty, ratty, the worse for wear
North American informal raggedy, raggedy-ass
Australian informal warby
rare out at elbows
1. 1.1 (of a person, building, or room) poor or shabby in appearance.
  （人）衣衫褴褛的，潦倒的；（建筑物，房间）破败的
  we huddle round a cassette deck in a threadbare rehearsal room
  Example sentencesExamples
  Bangkok has dozens of rather dreary, threadbare hotels in the £10 - £30 range, while below and above that you can really get good value.
  Raised in Cardonald, Glasgow, Mullan and his seven siblings were working class misfits in a grand but threadbare rented house.
  But the room wasn't sad and threadbare, it was full of people.
  You can rent rustic cabins with great views; while some are a bit threadbare, they are all charming.
  As I raced back to the threadbare offices, where we tapped out stories on half-sheets of paper hunched over manual typewriters, my adrenaline was pumping.
  Once healthy, rich and famous, he now lives in a threadbare apartment, forced to sell his sporting trophies to feed his drug habit.
  Sorry, but even in summer it feels a bit chilly there, like a threadbare university club that only charter members find cozy.
  There is nothing grim or threadbare about either the building nor the attitude.
  His friends treated his threadbare bachelor apartment as a virtual drop-in centre.
  The film is set in a threadbare Australian ski resort at the fag-end of winter, well past the postcard stage.
  My room is pretty threadbare right now, but Rebecca promised that tomorrow we will go buy furniture for me.
2. 1.2 (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective.
  （论点、借口、主意等）陈腐的，老掉牙的；乏味的
  the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés
  那首歌整个就是一套陈词滥调。
  Example sentencesExamples
  What we're left with is a threadbare story and a child who won't stop singing At the top of her voice All the time.
  Initially, capitalist market conditions were introduced into Russia under a somewhat threadbare banner of " democracy ".
  The language of artistic value has become threadbare.
  In the scramble to balance the books, the already threadbare provision for non-critical cases could be stripped away.
  Sometimes this tale of interrupted promise swung on pitifully threadbare evidence.
  Hanford Burr's "Around the Fire" stories never grow old or threadbare.
  Devoid of Shane Julian and with Paul McDonald placed at midfield their defence was threadbare.
  The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been threadbare.
  The clever, jazz-tinged arrangement of New Bond Street makes up for its threadbare lyrics.
  There is little a performer can do with such threadbare material.
  At some point, though, the formula began to grow threadbare.
  Previous claims that the restoration of capitalism in the former USSR would bring democracy in its wake now look increasingly threadbare.
  The credibility of two of the leading actors of American monetary policy today is somewhat threadbare, to say the least.
  In promoting these illusions, Mr Latham is accepting the threadbare propaganda of the neo-liberal social agenda.
  But on close inspection the Brown plans look pretty threadbare anyway.
  His threadbare case further exposed the shabby deal.
  The pose of disbelief is all the more threadbare given the facts on the ground in Iraq after more than three months of US military occupation.
  Unfortunately, the Cole royal commission may also end up the perfect mechanism for destroying the already threadbare authority of royal commissions.
  I have spoken to three QCs involved in the hearings, and one has stated that he found some key pieces of evidence threadbare of credibility.
  The allegations against Wahid were always threadbare pretexts for his removal from office.

Definition of threadbare in US English:

threadbare

adjectiveˈTHredberˈθrɛdbɛr

1(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age.
（衣物）穿旧的，磨光露底的；（室内陈设品等）露底的，露白的；破旧的
shabby rooms with threadbare carpets
铺着破旧地毯的旧房间。
Example sentencesExamples
- The tables were chipped, the carpet is threadbare, the seats have lost all their padding and comfort.
- The wind was bitter against his bare legs and feet, and it tore straight through his threadbare clothing.
- Christian conservatism and hysterical anti-communism formed the parties' threadbare ideological framework and served to counterbalance various interests.
- She stopped, then slowly walked over to stand in the middle of the large, round room, looking down at the threadbare rug.
- She wrapped her inadequate, threadbare cape more securely around herself and pulled the hood down a little more to keep out the biting wind.
- The bed had a thick straw pallet for mattress, and the sheets were threadbare and grubby, but they had slept on worse.
- Much more needs to be done if the already rickety and threadbare credibility of the Church is ever going to be restored.
- The bedding was threadbare, but freshly laundered and the floor appeared to have been fitted with a new carpet.
- Underneath were pictures of dockers' children in threadbare clothes.
- The cap is certainly too threadbare to be a public appearance prop.
- He was issued with a thin mat and a threadbare blanket and taken to the cell block.
- The grey carpets were threadbare and the furniture was falling apart.
- The threadbare carpets were covered by cheap rugs.
- Their great old houses overflow with rough medieval furniture, threadbare tapestries and religious relics worn smooth by the touch of generations.
- Both our little beds are a mishmash of sheets and blankets and threadbare pillows and the floor is covered in our old sports trophies and other such junk.
- I had two dresses, one nightgown, three pair of undergarments and a thin, threadbare cloak.
- But his eyes were still bright, and his threadbare old khaki police uniform shirt still bore his many medals.
- It has high filigreed ceilings and threadbare carpet, a winding native wood staircase, cracked stained glass.
- Surprisingly, it is a greatly-crafted piece, but due to the formula being recycled continuously since its original appearance, the messages are now somewhat threadbare, causing the play to lose its potency.
- He frequently appeared in a threadbare and ragged cloak.
Synonyms
worn, well worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered
1. 1.1 (of a person, building, or room) poor or shabby in appearance.
  （人）衣衫褴褛的，潦倒的；（建筑物，房间）破败的
  Example sentencesExamples
  As I raced back to the threadbare offices, where we tapped out stories on half-sheets of paper hunched over manual typewriters, my adrenaline was pumping.
  His friends treated his threadbare bachelor apartment as a virtual drop-in centre.
  Once healthy, rich and famous, he now lives in a threadbare apartment, forced to sell his sporting trophies to feed his drug habit.
  You can rent rustic cabins with great views; while some are a bit threadbare, they are all charming.
  But the room wasn't sad and threadbare, it was full of people.
  The film is set in a threadbare Australian ski resort at the fag-end of winter, well past the postcard stage.
  Raised in Cardonald, Glasgow, Mullan and his seven siblings were working class misfits in a grand but threadbare rented house.
  My room is pretty threadbare right now, but Rebecca promised that tomorrow we will go buy furniture for me.
  Bangkok has dozens of rather dreary, threadbare hotels in the £10 - £30 range, while below and above that you can really get good value.
  Sorry, but even in summer it feels a bit chilly there, like a threadbare university club that only charter members find cozy.
  There is nothing grim or threadbare about either the building nor the attitude.
2. 1.2 (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective.
  （论点、借口、主意等）陈腐的，老掉牙的；乏味的
  the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés
  那首歌整个就是一套陈词滥调。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Initially, capitalist market conditions were introduced into Russia under a somewhat threadbare banner of " democracy ".
  The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been threadbare.
  The pose of disbelief is all the more threadbare given the facts on the ground in Iraq after more than three months of US military occupation.
  The language of artistic value has become threadbare.
  Sometimes this tale of interrupted promise swung on pitifully threadbare evidence.
  The allegations against Wahid were always threadbare pretexts for his removal from office.
  Hanford Burr's "Around the Fire" stories never grow old or threadbare.
  What we're left with is a threadbare story and a child who won't stop singing At the top of her voice All the time.
  Devoid of Shane Julian and with Paul McDonald placed at midfield their defence was threadbare.
  But on close inspection the Brown plans look pretty threadbare anyway.
  His threadbare case further exposed the shabby deal.
  Previous claims that the restoration of capitalism in the former USSR would bring democracy in its wake now look increasingly threadbare.
  There is little a performer can do with such threadbare material.
  In promoting these illusions, Mr Latham is accepting the threadbare propaganda of the neo-liberal social agenda.
  Unfortunately, the Cole royal commission may also end up the perfect mechanism for destroying the already threadbare authority of royal commissions.
  At some point, though, the formula began to grow threadbare.
  I have spoken to three QCs involved in the hearings, and one has stated that he found some key pieces of evidence threadbare of credibility.
  The clever, jazz-tinged arrangement of New Bond Street makes up for its threadbare lyrics.
  In the scramble to balance the books, the already threadbare provision for non-critical cases could be stripped away.
  The credibility of two of the leading actors of American monetary policy today is somewhat threadbare, to say the least.

词汇	threadbare
释义	Definition of threadbare in English: threadbare adjective ˈθrɛdbɛːˈθrɛdbɛr 1(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age. （衣物）穿旧的，磨光露底的；（室内陈设品等）露底的，露白的；破旧的 tatty rooms with threadbare carpets 铺着破旧地毯的旧房间。 Example sentencesExamples He frequently appeared in a threadbare and ragged cloak. She wrapped her inadequate, threadbare cape more securely around herself and pulled the hood down a little more to keep out the biting wind. The cap is certainly too threadbare to be a public appearance prop. The bedding was threadbare, but freshly laundered and the floor appeared to have been fitted with a new carpet. Their great old houses overflow with rough medieval furniture, threadbare tapestries and religious relics worn smooth by the touch of generations. Christian conservatism and hysterical anti-communism formed the parties' threadbare ideological framework and served to counterbalance various interests. Both our little beds are a mishmash of sheets and blankets and threadbare pillows and the floor is covered in our old sports trophies and other such junk. Surprisingly, it is a greatly-crafted piece, but due to the formula being recycled continuously since its original appearance, the messages are now somewhat threadbare, causing the play to lose its potency. The bed had a thick straw pallet for mattress, and the sheets were threadbare and grubby, but they had slept on worse. Much more needs to be done if the already rickety and threadbare credibility of the Church is ever going to be restored. He was issued with a thin mat and a threadbare blanket and taken to the cell block. Underneath were pictures of dockers' children in threadbare clothes. The tables were chipped, the carpet is threadbare, the seats have lost all their padding and comfort. The threadbare carpets were covered by cheap rugs. I had two dresses, one nightgown, three pair of undergarments and a thin, threadbare cloak. The wind was bitter against his bare legs and feet, and it tore straight through his threadbare clothing. She stopped, then slowly walked over to stand in the middle of the large, round room, looking down at the threadbare rug. The grey carpets were threadbare and the furniture was falling apart. But his eyes were still bright, and his threadbare old khaki police uniform shirt still bore his many medals. It has high filigreed ceilings and threadbare carpet, a winding native wood staircase, cracked stained glass. Synonyms worn, well worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered decrepit, shabby, scruffy, unkempt having seen better days, falling apart at the seams, in shreds, in tatters, falling to pieces informal tatty, ratty, the worse for wear North American informal raggedy, raggedy-ass Australian informal warby rare out at elbows 1.1 (of a person, building, or room) poor or shabby in appearance. （人）衣衫褴褛的，潦倒的；（建筑物，房间）破败的 we huddle round a cassette deck in a threadbare rehearsal room Example sentencesExamples Bangkok has dozens of rather dreary, threadbare hotels in the £10 - £30 range, while below and above that you can really get good value. Raised in Cardonald, Glasgow, Mullan and his seven siblings were working class misfits in a grand but threadbare rented house. But the room wasn't sad and threadbare, it was full of people. You can rent rustic cabins with great views; while some are a bit threadbare, they are all charming. As I raced back to the threadbare offices, where we tapped out stories on half-sheets of paper hunched over manual typewriters, my adrenaline was pumping. Once healthy, rich and famous, he now lives in a threadbare apartment, forced to sell his sporting trophies to feed his drug habit. Sorry, but even in summer it feels a bit chilly there, like a threadbare university club that only charter members find cozy. There is nothing grim or threadbare about either the building nor the attitude. His friends treated his threadbare bachelor apartment as a virtual drop-in centre. The film is set in a threadbare Australian ski resort at the fag-end of winter, well past the postcard stage. My room is pretty threadbare right now, but Rebecca promised that tomorrow we will go buy furniture for me. 1.2 (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective. （论点、借口、主意等）陈腐的，老掉牙的；乏味的 the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés 那首歌整个就是一套陈词滥调。 Example sentencesExamples What we're left with is a threadbare story and a child who won't stop singing At the top of her voice All the time. Initially, capitalist market conditions were introduced into Russia under a somewhat threadbare banner of " democracy ". The language of artistic value has become threadbare. In the scramble to balance the books, the already threadbare provision for non-critical cases could be stripped away. Sometimes this tale of interrupted promise swung on pitifully threadbare evidence. Hanford Burr's "Around the Fire" stories never grow old or threadbare. Devoid of Shane Julian and with Paul McDonald placed at midfield their defence was threadbare. The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been threadbare. The clever, jazz-tinged arrangement of New Bond Street makes up for its threadbare lyrics. There is little a performer can do with such threadbare material. At some point, though, the formula began to grow threadbare. Previous claims that the restoration of capitalism in the former USSR would bring democracy in its wake now look increasingly threadbare. The credibility of two of the leading actors of American monetary policy today is somewhat threadbare, to say the least. In promoting these illusions, Mr Latham is accepting the threadbare propaganda of the neo-liberal social agenda. But on close inspection the Brown plans look pretty threadbare anyway. His threadbare case further exposed the shabby deal. The pose of disbelief is all the more threadbare given the facts on the ground in Iraq after more than three months of US military occupation. Unfortunately, the Cole royal commission may also end up the perfect mechanism for destroying the already threadbare authority of royal commissions. I have spoken to three QCs involved in the hearings, and one has stated that he found some key pieces of evidence threadbare of credibility. The allegations against Wahid were always threadbare pretexts for his removal from office. Definition of threadbare in US English: threadbare adjectiveˈTHredberˈθrɛdbɛr 1(of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age. （衣物）穿旧的，磨光露底的；（室内陈设品等）露底的，露白的；破旧的 shabby rooms with threadbare carpets 铺着破旧地毯的旧房间。 Example sentencesExamples The tables were chipped, the carpet is threadbare, the seats have lost all their padding and comfort. The wind was bitter against his bare legs and feet, and it tore straight through his threadbare clothing. Christian conservatism and hysterical anti-communism formed the parties' threadbare ideological framework and served to counterbalance various interests. She stopped, then slowly walked over to stand in the middle of the large, round room, looking down at the threadbare rug. She wrapped her inadequate, threadbare cape more securely around herself and pulled the hood down a little more to keep out the biting wind. The bed had a thick straw pallet for mattress, and the sheets were threadbare and grubby, but they had slept on worse. Much more needs to be done if the already rickety and threadbare credibility of the Church is ever going to be restored. The bedding was threadbare, but freshly laundered and the floor appeared to have been fitted with a new carpet. Underneath were pictures of dockers' children in threadbare clothes. The cap is certainly too threadbare to be a public appearance prop. He was issued with a thin mat and a threadbare blanket and taken to the cell block. The grey carpets were threadbare and the furniture was falling apart. The threadbare carpets were covered by cheap rugs. Their great old houses overflow with rough medieval furniture, threadbare tapestries and religious relics worn smooth by the touch of generations. Both our little beds are a mishmash of sheets and blankets and threadbare pillows and the floor is covered in our old sports trophies and other such junk. I had two dresses, one nightgown, three pair of undergarments and a thin, threadbare cloak. But his eyes were still bright, and his threadbare old khaki police uniform shirt still bore his many medals. It has high filigreed ceilings and threadbare carpet, a winding native wood staircase, cracked stained glass. Surprisingly, it is a greatly-crafted piece, but due to the formula being recycled continuously since its original appearance, the messages are now somewhat threadbare, causing the play to lose its potency. He frequently appeared in a threadbare and ragged cloak. Synonyms worn, well worn, old, thin, worn out, holey, moth-eaten, mangy, ragged, frayed, tattered, battered 1.1 (of a person, building, or room) poor or shabby in appearance. （人）衣衫褴褛的，潦倒的；（建筑物，房间）破败的 Example sentencesExamples As I raced back to the threadbare offices, where we tapped out stories on half-sheets of paper hunched over manual typewriters, my adrenaline was pumping. His friends treated his threadbare bachelor apartment as a virtual drop-in centre. Once healthy, rich and famous, he now lives in a threadbare apartment, forced to sell his sporting trophies to feed his drug habit. You can rent rustic cabins with great views; while some are a bit threadbare, they are all charming. But the room wasn't sad and threadbare, it was full of people. The film is set in a threadbare Australian ski resort at the fag-end of winter, well past the postcard stage. Raised in Cardonald, Glasgow, Mullan and his seven siblings were working class misfits in a grand but threadbare rented house. My room is pretty threadbare right now, but Rebecca promised that tomorrow we will go buy furniture for me. Bangkok has dozens of rather dreary, threadbare hotels in the £10 - £30 range, while below and above that you can really get good value. Sorry, but even in summer it feels a bit chilly there, like a threadbare university club that only charter members find cozy. There is nothing grim or threadbare about either the building nor the attitude. 1.2 (of an argument, excuse, idea, etc.) used so often that it is no longer effective. （论点、借口、主意等）陈腐的，老掉牙的；乏味的 the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés 那首歌整个就是一套陈词滥调。 Example sentencesExamples Initially, capitalist market conditions were introduced into Russia under a somewhat threadbare banner of " democracy ". The democratic pretences of the opposition have always been threadbare. The pose of disbelief is all the more threadbare given the facts on the ground in Iraq after more than three months of US military occupation. The language of artistic value has become threadbare. Sometimes this tale of interrupted promise swung on pitifully threadbare evidence. The allegations against Wahid were always threadbare pretexts for his removal from office. Hanford Burr's "Around the Fire" stories never grow old or threadbare. What we're left with is a threadbare story and a child who won't stop singing At the top of her voice All the time. Devoid of Shane Julian and with Paul McDonald placed at midfield their defence was threadbare. But on close inspection the Brown plans look pretty threadbare anyway. His threadbare case further exposed the shabby deal. Previous claims that the restoration of capitalism in the former USSR would bring democracy in its wake now look increasingly threadbare. There is little a performer can do with such threadbare material. In promoting these illusions, Mr Latham is accepting the threadbare propaganda of the neo-liberal social agenda. Unfortunately, the Cole royal commission may also end up the perfect mechanism for destroying the already threadbare authority of royal commissions. At some point, though, the formula began to grow threadbare. I have spoken to three QCs involved in the hearings, and one has stated that he found some key pieces of evidence threadbare of credibility. The clever, jazz-tinged arrangement of New Bond Street makes up for its threadbare lyrics. In the scramble to balance the books, the already threadbare provision for non-critical cases could be stripped away. The credibility of two of the leading actors of American monetary policy today is somewhat threadbare, to say the least.
随便看	st john St John Ambulance st john chrysostom st john chrysostom st john fisher st john fisher st. john fisher st john of damascus st john of the cross St John's St John's wort st john's-wort st john the baptist st john the evangelist st joseph st joseph st. joseph st joseph of arimathea st jude st justin stk. stk St Kilda st. kildan st kildan