"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"
threadbare的用法和样例:
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用作形容词 (adj.)
The carpets had worn rather threadbare. 地毯已磨得相当破旧了。
He had thrummed upon this topic till it is threadbare. 他对这个问题一再发言已使它成为陈词滥调。
形容词
名词
经典引文
A..shabby saloon car, upholstered in threadbare plush.