| 词组 | tire |
| 释义 | tire [tired, tired, tiring] tire of 1. tire of sth/sb to become bored with something or someone, especially someone or something that used to interest you or that you used to like: ▪ His parents kept giving him lots of toys, but he soon tired of them. ▪ Maybe after a few years of marriage she'll start to tire of him and want someone else. tire of doing sth ▪ Voters were beginning to tire of hearing the same old clichés from politicians. 2. sb never tires of doing sth used to say that someone does something so much that it annoys you: ▪ Dan never tired of telling people what an excellent basketball player he was. 3. sb never tires of sth used to say that someone likes something very much and never becomes bored of it: ▪ Paul never seems to tire of Grover's stories. tire out tire sb out • tire out sb to make someone very tired: ▪ A full day of shopping tired us out. ▪ James has so much energy - he always tires me out. tire yourself out (=work so hard or do something so much that you become tired) ▪ Take a rest, kid. You'll tire yourself out. ■ SIMILAR TO: exhaust, ↑wear out, ↑do in spoken tired out adj not before noun very tired: ▪ They were both so sleepy, tired out from feeding, bathing, and putting the children to bed. |
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