timeworn + noun
修饰名词,表示因年代久远而显得陈旧。
The museum displayed a collection of timeworn artifacts.
博物馆展示了一批陈旧的文物。
用旧的;磨损的
陈腐的;老套的;因长期使用而显出磨损痕迹的。;平庸陈腐的;老套或过度使用的。;陈旧的;老朽的
showing the effects of long use or wear
因长期使用而显出磨损痕迹的。
Showing the effects of wear due to long use.
平庸陈腐的;老套或过度使用的。
Banal or trite; hackneyed or overused.
The old library's timeworn stairs creaked under every step.
老图书馆里磨损的楼梯每走一步都会吱嘎作响。
用法提示:timeworn 是形容词,修饰 stairs,表示因长期使用而磨损。
She kept a small collection of timeworn tools in the garden shed.
她在花园棚里保存着一小批用旧了的工具。
用法提示:timeworn 作定语修饰 tools,强调工具因使用多年而变旧。
His timeworn jacket had patches on both elbows.
他那件穿旧的外套两个肘部都有补丁。
用法提示:timeworn 放在名词前,描述外套因长期穿用而磨损。
修饰名词,表示因年代久远而显得陈旧。
The museum displayed a collection of timeworn artifacts.
博物馆展示了一批陈旧的文物。
系动词后作表语,表示变得陈旧。
His excuse has become timeworn and unconvincing.
他的借口已经变得陈旧且不令人信服。
后接原因名词,说明导致陈旧的因素。
The stone steps were timeworn with centuries of use.
石阶因数世纪的使用而变得陈旧。
grammar · medium
易错句子The old saying has timeworn.
正确表达The old saying has become timeworn.
timeworn是形容词,不能用作动词;改为become timeworn表示‘变得陈旧’。
grammar · medium
易错句子The timeworn of the carpet is obvious.
正确表达The timeworn look of the carpet is obvious.
timeworn是形容词,不能直接用作名词;需要添加名词如look来修饰。
hackneyed强调因缺乏新意而令人生厌,常用于描述表达或情节;timeworn侧重因时间久远而变得陈旧,可用于物体或概念
worn主要指因频繁使用而磨损或人疲惫,强调物理损耗;timeworn暗示时间造成的陈旧,不一定有磨损
trite专指语言或思想因过度使用而缺乏新意,多用于抽象事物;timeworn可用于具体物体或抽象概念,侧重时间的痕迹
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