threadbare

threadbare
adjective
  1. (of cloth, clothing, or soft furnishings) becoming thin and tattered with age
    (衣物)穿旧的,磨光露底的;(室内陈设品等)露底的,露白的;破旧的
    tatty rooms with threadbare carpets.
    铺着破旧地毯的旧房间。
    the song was a tissue of threadbare clichés.
    这首歌是一套老掉牙的陈词滥调。
    ■(of a person, building, or room) poor or shabby in appearance
    (人)衣衫褴褛的,潦倒的;(建筑物,房间)破败的
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