词组 | wear out |
释义 | wear out 1. wear out sth • wear sth out • wear out if you wear out clothes, materials, equipment etc, or if they wear out, they gradually become weak or damaged by being used a lot until they cannot be used any longer: ▪ After only a month Terry had worn out the soles of his shoes. ▪ Do sit down and stop pacing around - you'll wear out the carpet. ▪ When the motor wears out, it is easy to replace. worn-out adj worn-out things have been used so much that they have become weak or damaged and can no longer be used: ▪ the cost of replacing worn-out equipment 2. wear sb out • wear out sb usually passive to make someone feel extremely tired: ▪ Long hours of working in the hotel kitchen had worn her out. wear yourself out ▪ You must take a break sometimes - you'll wear yourself out. ■ SIMILAR TO: exhaust, ↑tire out, ↑do in spoken worn out adj not before noun extremely tired: ▪ Come in and sit down. You look absolutely worn out. ▪ Mick was worn out after a hard day at the office. |
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