Word · Frequency #673
wear
/wєə/
noun
穿着；穿戴
The act of having clothes or accessories on your body.
- 1.
Damage to the appearance and/or strength of an item caused by use over time.
物品因使用时间长而导致的外观和/或强度损坏
- 2.
Fashion.
时尚
- 3.
Wearing.
穿着的
磨损；损耗；时尚；流行款式；物品因使用时间长而导致的外观和/或强度损坏；时尚；穿着的
In use
The tires show a lot of wear after that long road trip.
Check the machine parts for wear before you reassemble them.
These shoes are comfortable but they're showing signs of wear.
Connections
Collocations
- wear and tear
- （长期使用造成的）磨损，损耗
- These shoes have suffered a lot of wear and tear.这双鞋子已经遭受了很多磨损。
- signs of wear
- 磨损的痕迹，用旧的迹象
- The tablecloth was starting to show signs of wear.桌布开始出现磨损的痕迹。
- casual wear
- 休闲装，便服
- The dress code for the event is casual wear.这次活动的着装要求是休闲装。
- formal wear
- 正装，礼服
- You will need formal wear for the gala dinner.参加晚宴你需要穿正装。
Idioms & figurative uses
- wear and tear
- 损耗；磨损This jacket has had a lot of wear and tear over the years.这件夹克多年来磨损得很厉害。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“穿（wear）久了会磨损”：名词 wear 既指穿戴，也指使用造成的损耗，还指时尚穿搭。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常物品、产品说明 这里指物品因长期使用而产生的磨损或损耗，语气通常偏中性，多用于谈论衣物、鞋类、器械等的使用状况及耐用性。
Grammar Note
不可数名词，指穿着或耗损的状态
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词在英式发音中都与 wear /weə/ 押韵：air /eə/, bear /beə/, care /keə/, chair /tʃeə/, fair /feə/, hair /heə/。注意 hear /hɪə/、ear /ɪə/、year /jɪə/ 虽然拼写带 -ear，但发音不同；were /wɜː/ 也形近而音异。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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