threadbare
US: /ˈθɹɛdˌbɛɹ/
UK: /θɹˈɛdbeə/
UK: /θɹˈɛdbeə/
English Vietnamese dictionary
threadbare /'θredbeə/
- tính từ
- mòn xơ cả chỉ, xác xơ
- a threadbare coat: cái áo xác xơ
- (nghĩa bóng) cũ rích
- a threadbare joke: một câu đùa cũ rích
- mòn xơ cả chỉ, xác xơ
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (of fabric, clothing, etc.) old and thin because it has been used a lot: a threadbare carpet / coat
2 (of an argument, excuse, etc.) that does not have much effect, especially because it has been used too much: an explanation that is becoming increasingly threadbare
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 frayed, worn (out), worn to a frazzle, ragged, moth-eaten, tattered, tatty, scruffy, shabby, seedy, torn, wretched, sorry, slovenly:
My old winter coat is looking a bit threadbare.
2 trite, hackneyed, overused, overworked, reworked, stale, tired, stereotyped, commonplace, clichéd, cliché-ridden, banal, prosaic, dull, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, boring, played out, Colloq old hat:
You'll never make it as a comedian by relying on that threadbare material of yours.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be | wear sth
The carpets had worn rather threadbare.
ADV.
a little, rather
Concise English dictionary
adj.
+repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
+having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
