(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