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tattered adj.破烂的；衣服褴褛的动词tatter的过去式和过去分词形式. (1) 他坚持要穿他破烂的大衣。(2) 那个流浪汉的运动衫和裤子破旧褴褛。(3) 他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。 Tattered often applies to clothes. If you're a nice guy, you might give your coat to the homeless man with the coat that's so tattered it's threadbare and see-through. You can also use tattered figuratively, for something that's in shambles, like the tattered reputation you would have if you embezzled from your grandmother. The word tattered comes from Middle English, from a time when people wore clothing with decorative slashes, and apparently tatter originally meant "a scrap of cloth."

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英 ['tætəd] 美 ['tætərd] (1) He persists in wearing his tattered overcoat.(2) The bum wore a tattered sweater and ripped pants.(3) Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty. If something's tattered, it's worn ragged. You'll understand tattered if your dress has been dragging under your car for the last 100 miles. It will be a tattered mess. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](衣服、书等)破烂的，破旧的 If something such as clothing or a book is tattered, it is damaged or torn, especially because it has been used a lot over a long period of time. He fled wearing only a sarong and a tattered shirt.他逃走时只穿着莎笼和破旧的衬衫。...a very old, tattered, phone directory.破旧的电话号码簿2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]损坏严重的；一败涂地的 If you describe something as tattered, you mean that it has been badly damaged or has failed completely. But, two-and-a-half years later, things haven't quite gone to plan and Stanley's dreams of fame and fortune lie tattered and torn.但是，两年半之后，事情并未如愿发展，斯坦利追求名利的梦想完全破灭了。...the last tattered remnants of a defeated army.最后的残兵败将

英语单词	tattered
英美音标	英 ['tætəd] 美 ['tætərd]
中文释义	adj.破烂的；衣服褴褛的动词tatter的过去式和过去分词形式.
英语例句	(1) He persists in wearing his tattered overcoat. (2) The bum wore a tattered sweater and ripped pants. (3) Their tattered clothing and broken furniture indicated their poverty.
中文例句	(1) 他坚持要穿他破烂的大衣。 (2) 那个流浪汉的运动衫和裤子破旧褴褛。 (3) 他们褴褛的衣服和破烂的家具显出他们的贫穷。
vocabulary简明	If something's tattered, it's worn ragged. You'll understand tattered if your dress has been dragging under your car for the last 100 miles. It will be a tattered mess.
vocabulary扩展	Tattered often applies to clothes. If you're a nice guy, you might give your coat to the homeless man with the coat that's so tattered it's threadbare and see-through. You can also use tattered figuratively, for something that's in shambles, like the tattered reputation you would have if you embezzled from your grandmother. The word tattered comes from Middle English, from a time when people wore clothing with decorative slashes, and apparently tatter originally meant "a scrap of cloth."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](衣服、书等)破烂的，破旧的 If something such as clothing or a book is tattered, it is damaged or torn, especially because it has been used a lot over a long period of time. He fled wearing only a sarong and a tattered shirt. 他逃走时只穿着莎笼和破旧的衬衫。 ...a very old, tattered, phone directory. 破旧的电话号码簿 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]损坏严重的；一败涂地的 If you describe something as tattered, you mean that it has been badly damaged or has failed completely. But, two-and-a-half years later, things haven't quite gone to plan and Stanley's dreams of fame and fortune lie tattered and torn. 但是，两年半之后，事情并未如愿发展，斯坦利追求名利的梦想完全破灭了。 ...the last tattered remnants of a defeated army. 最后的残兵败将

Tattered Clothing Wearing Wore Coat Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Damaged