threadbare
معنی فارسی
نخ نما فرسوده کهنه پيش پا افتاده مبتذل
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-ber´/adj.
● نخنما، کهنه، مندرس
a threadbare carpet
یک قالیچهی نخ نما
● مبتذل، عاری از لطف یا تازگی، پیش پا افتاده
a threadbare argument
استدلال پیش پا افتاده
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the Old English 'þrǣd' and 'bær', meaning 'bare thread'.
مثال
- His threadbare coat was a sign of his poverty.
- The threadbare rug had seen better days.
- Her threadbare arguments were easily refuted.
ترکیبهای رایج
Threadbare clothes Threadbare carpet Threadbare argument Threadbare excuse
تعریف انگلیسی
- 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”
- having the nap worn away so that the threads show through “threadbare rugs”
مترادفها
adjective
1. Napless, worn, seedy.
2. Trite, hackneyed, stale, worn out, common, commonplace.