shopworn
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈʃɒpwɔːn/
美 /ˈʃɑpˌwɔɹn/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Of a product in a retail store: damaged from being on display and handled by customers, etc.; shop-soiled.
— The handbag looks nice, but shopworn.
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Not fresh or new.; Of an idea, a piece or writing, etc.: repeated so often as to have become uninteresting; clichéd, overused, tired.
— Peace with honour—that immortal phrase coined by the greatest phrase-maker of his generation—has become slightly shop[-]worn, although still admittedly serviceable, and honour is not lightly to be defined.
- Not fresh or new.; Of an object: faded, shabby.
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词源
From shop (noun) + worn (adjective).
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