threadbare
英['θredbe?]
美['θr?db?r]
英英釋意
- 1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
- "bromidic sermons"
- "his remarks were trite and commonplace"
- "hackneyed phrases"
- "a stock answer"
- "repeating threadbare jokes"
- "parroting some timeworn axiom"
- "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
- 2. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through;
- "threadbare rugs"
