Last Updated :2025/11/20

threadbare

IPA(Pronunciation)
Adjective
of cloth of a person
Japanese Meaning
(布地が)擦り切れた、すり切れた、使い込まれて糸が透け出るほどに傷んだ状態 / (物が)損傷や老朽化により見劣りする状態 / (人が)古くさい、使い古された衣服を着用している状態 / 陳腐であり、使い古された表現や考え方
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彼は寒くて雨の降る夜、終バスを待ちながら擦り切れて経糸が見えるぼろぼろのコートに身を包んでいた。

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(of cloth) shabby, frayed and worn to an extent that warp threads show / damaged or shabby / (of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material / banal or clichéd; trite or hackneyed

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threadbare

He wrapped himself in a threadbare coat as he waited for the last bus on the cold, rainy night.

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He wrapped himself in a threadbare coat as he waited for the last bus on the cold, rainy night.

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