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Definition of worn in English: wornadjective wɔːnwɔrn 1Damaged and shabby as a result of much use. 用(或穿)旧的;用(或穿)坏的 his knees were encased in worn plus fours 他的双膝被包在了穿旧的灯笼裤里。 Example sentencesExamples - Check the condition of your car key as a worn key may cause the lock to jam.
- There is also a worn bearing in the gear-box, audible to my mechanic, but not yet critical.
- At regular intervals in the process, we check whether a pancake will stick to the worn area.
- His straggly, thinning hair flaps in the wind, as does his worn, long white coat.
- The Heathrow stamp impacted on one of the emptier pages of her worn, blue passport.
- Volunteers are needed to repair worn clothing and bag it up to give to the homeless.
- She walked around a bit, and found a worn copy of some book called Gravity's Rainbow on the street.
- A moment later he had pulled away a strip of grass, and below it was a worn cellar door.
- Then drawing a worn volume from the pocket of his long black coat he sat and read till dawn.
- This she took in her hand and started to walk towards the narrow, worn steps that led to her bedroom.
- The stone in York's city wall is wind and storm worn leaving trails in the stone of resistant seams.
- He sat down without a sound on the worn wood and lifted his feet off the cold ground, his arms going around his knees.
- It was evening, dark shadows slowly stretching across the worn floorboards of the room.
- Seeing only her face, not her threadbare coat, nor her worn shoes, he drew her back into his arms.
- A hip replacement can replace the worn parts of the hip to reduce pain and increase mobility.
- Vehicles with worn or defective shock absorbers are less stable and more liable to go out of control.
- I groped through the passageway, and pushed open the worn door out into the kitchen yard.
- Carved out of Inuit mahogany, the worn handle was in the shape of a wolf's head.
- Off to the side, a man with a worn brown blazer and wild hair turns in slow circles and drums in the air.
- He did not consider the noise of the fan to be excessive and it did not sound to him as though there were a worn bearing.
Synonyms shabby, well worn, worn out, worn to shreds, threadbare, tattered, in tatters, in ribbons, in rags, in holes, holey, falling to pieces, falling apart at the seams, ragged, frayed, patched, moth-eaten, faded, seedy, shoddy, sorry, scruffy, dilapidated, crumbling, broken-down, run down, tumbledown, decrepit, deteriorated, on its last legs, having seen better days, time-worn informal tatty, ratty, the worse for wear, clapped out British informal grotty North American informal raggedy, raggedy-ass Australian/New Zealand informal warby literary rent 2Very tired. 疲惫的,筋疲力尽的 his face looked worn and old 他的脸色看起来疲惫不堪,显得很苍老。 Example sentencesExamples - He is believed to be in his late 20s and he is said to have a weathered, worn face.
- He took her hand with his own and hoisted his old body to its feet with a worn smile.
- The face was filthy, and tired, and worn, but the eyes and mouth spoke the tongue of sheer torment.
- The worn expression on her face and her tired eyes touched him, and he felt a sense of injustice.
- Coming home in the early evening, we found ourselves tired and a little worn.
- They seem worn and weary, and wishing they could have disappeared, had a secret wedding.
- The girl was so worn and weary that she curled up beneath the blanket and closed her eyes at once.
Synonyms strained, drawn, drained, worn out, fatigued, tired, tired out, exhausted, weary, wearied, wan, sapped, spent, careworn, haggard, hollow-cheeked, hollow-eyed, gaunt, pinched, pale, peaky, pasty-faced, washed out, ashen, blanched informal worn to a frazzle, all in, done in, dog-tired, dead on one's feet, dead beat, fit to drop, played out, fagged out, shattered, bushed British informal knackered, whacked North American informal pooped, tuckered out
Rhymesadorn, born, borne, bourn, Braun, brawn, corn, dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, forborne, forewarn, forlorn, freeborn, lawn, lorn, morn, mourn, newborn, Norn, outworn, pawn, prawn, Quorn, sawn, scorn, Sean, shorn, spawn, suborn, sworn, thorn, thrawn, torn, Vaughan, warn, withdrawn, yawn Definition of worn in US English: wornadjectivewɔrnwôrn 1Damaged and shabby as a result of much use. 用(或穿)旧的;用(或穿)坏的 a worn, frayed denim jacket Example sentencesExamples - Volunteers are needed to repair worn clothing and bag it up to give to the homeless.
- The stone in York's city wall is wind and storm worn leaving trails in the stone of resistant seams.
- He did not consider the noise of the fan to be excessive and it did not sound to him as though there were a worn bearing.
- It was evening, dark shadows slowly stretching across the worn floorboards of the room.
- Seeing only her face, not her threadbare coat, nor her worn shoes, he drew her back into his arms.
- She walked around a bit, and found a worn copy of some book called Gravity's Rainbow on the street.
- Vehicles with worn or defective shock absorbers are less stable and more liable to go out of control.
- At regular intervals in the process, we check whether a pancake will stick to the worn area.
- The Heathrow stamp impacted on one of the emptier pages of her worn, blue passport.
- There is also a worn bearing in the gear-box, audible to my mechanic, but not yet critical.
- Then drawing a worn volume from the pocket of his long black coat he sat and read till dawn.
- He sat down without a sound on the worn wood and lifted his feet off the cold ground, his arms going around his knees.
- Check the condition of your car key as a worn key may cause the lock to jam.
- A hip replacement can replace the worn parts of the hip to reduce pain and increase mobility.
- Carved out of Inuit mahogany, the worn handle was in the shape of a wolf's head.
- His straggly, thinning hair flaps in the wind, as does his worn, long white coat.
- This she took in her hand and started to walk towards the narrow, worn steps that led to her bedroom.
- A moment later he had pulled away a strip of grass, and below it was a worn cellar door.
- I groped through the passageway, and pushed open the worn door out into the kitchen yard.
- Off to the side, a man with a worn brown blazer and wild hair turns in slow circles and drums in the air.
Synonyms shabby, well worn, worn out, worn to shreds, threadbare, tattered, in tatters, in ribbons, in rags, in holes, holey, falling to pieces, falling apart at the seams, ragged, frayed, patched, moth-eaten, faded, seedy, shoddy, sorry, scruffy, dilapidated, crumbling, broken-down, run down, tumbledown, decrepit, deteriorated, on its last legs, having seen better days, time-worn - 1.1 Very tired.
疲惫的,筋疲力尽的 his face looked worn and old 他的脸色看起来疲惫不堪,显得很苍老。 Example sentencesExamples - The worn expression on her face and her tired eyes touched him, and he felt a sense of injustice.
- He took her hand with his own and hoisted his old body to its feet with a worn smile.
- They seem worn and weary, and wishing they could have disappeared, had a secret wedding.
- The girl was so worn and weary that she curled up beneath the blanket and closed her eyes at once.
- The face was filthy, and tired, and worn, but the eyes and mouth spoke the tongue of sheer torment.
- He is believed to be in his late 20s and he is said to have a weathered, worn face.
- Coming home in the early evening, we found ourselves tired and a little worn.
Synonyms strained, drawn, drained, worn out, fatigued, tired, tired out, exhausted, weary, wearied, wan, sapped, spent, careworn, haggard, hollow-cheeked, hollow-eyed, gaunt, pinched, pale, peaky, pasty-faced, washed out, ashen, blanched
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