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threadbare

C2 adj

threadbare /ˈθɹɛdˌbɛ(ə)ɹ/ nghĩa là sờn chỉ, xơ xác

Các nghĩa

  1. sờn chỉ, xơ xác

    Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.

    His life vvas nigh vnto deaths dore yplaſte, / And thred-bare cote, and cobled ſhoes hee vvare, […]

    VVill any Freedom here from you be born, / VVhoſe Cloaths are thred-bare, and vvhoſe Cloaks are torn?

    Unkempt, in threadbare clothes, with holed shoes and sun-cured hide, my costume is permanent: the traveler, the man from far away.

  2. tồi tàn, thiếu thốn

    In poor condition; damaged, shabby; also, poorly equipped or provided for, inadequate, meagre, scanty.

    figuratively

    Welth and wyt, I say, be so threde bare worne, / That all is without measure, and fer beyonde the mone.

    From an Underſtanding and a Conſcience, thread-bare and ragged vvith perpetual turning; […]

  3. sáo mòn, nhàm chán

    Of an argument, excuse, etc.: used so often that it is no longer effective or interesting; banal, clichéd, trite.

    figuratively

  4. thiếu căn cứ, hời hợt

    An argument or assertion with little in the way of substance or supporting evidence.

    figuratively

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