先看下面这句热门口语：

I'm worn out. 我累死了。


worn是wear过去分词，过去式是：wore

当然worn本身也是个形容词。

worn [wɔːn]adj.

用坏的;用旧的;磨薄的;疲惫的;筋疲力尽的

She was looking very haggard and worn.

她看上去非常憔悴和疲惫。

'You're worn out, Laura,' he said. 'Go home and get some rest.'

“你太累了，劳拉，”他说，“回家休息一下吧。”

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Worn rugs increase the danger of tripping

磨损的小地毯会使人更容易绊倒。

The heels of my shoes have ( been) worn down.

我的鞋跟给磨损了。

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The shoes were worn out of shape.

把鞋穿走形了。

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The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.

孩子裤子的膝盖处磨破了。

His fingers poked through the worn tips of his gloves.

他的手指从手套的破指尖处露了出来。


I can be very patient, and then I can burst if my nerves are worn out.

我很有耐心，可如果我的承受力到了极限，我就撑不住了。

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The inscription of the monument has worn away over a long period of time.

年深月久，碑文已经磨灭了

Your horse needs new shoes if the shoe has worn thin or smooth.

如果马掌磨薄或磨平，就需要换新马掌了。

Holes can be worn remarkably quickly by a wheel going round at 60mph

以每小时60英里的速度前进的车轮很快就会磨出洞来。


The past few days had really worn him out

过去的几天真把他给累坏了。

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This thing has plumb worn me out.

这件事让我筋疲力尽。


Feet had worn a path in the rock

经年的踩踏在岩石上形成了一条小径。

The servant worn a fawning smile.

仆人的脸上露出一种谄笑。

He wore a puzzled look on his face.

他脸上流露出迷惑不解的神情。

His face wore a puzzled look.

他脸上流露出迷惑不解的神情。

When we drove through the gates, she wore a look of amazement...

我们驶过大门时，她流露出惊讶的神情。


Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring

穿上黄色的衣服象征着春天来了。

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v. wear穿;戴;佩戴;蓄，留(发、须等);流露，面带，呈现(某种神态

wear的过去分词。n.(尤用于商店)…时穿的衣服，…装;衣着;穿着;穿戴;佩戴;使用量(或形式);耐用性;经久性)

I wear these trunks because they have a streamline effect in the water.

我穿这条游泳裤因为它在水中有流线效果。

Wear the white dress, you know, the one with all the black embroidery.

穿那件白裙，你知道的，上面有黑色刺绣的那件。

It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts

男人不穿裙子只是一种社会习俗。


I refused to wear headphones because they can perforate your eardrums.


我不愿戴耳机，因为它可能会使鼓膜穿孔。


She was wearing a new coat.

她穿了一件新外衣。

wear a tie系领带

Was she wearing a seat belt?

她系着座椅安全带吗？

He wore glasses.

他戴着眼镜。

All delegates must wear a badge.

所有代表都要佩戴徽章。

She always wears black (= black clothes) .

她总是穿黑色衣服。

She wears her hair long.

她梳着长发。

She wore her hair in a long braid.

她梳着一根长辫子。


wear a beard

留胡须

I've worn holes in all my socks.

我把我所有的袜子都穿破了。

wear well 耐穿，不过时，合潮流

Casual shoes need to wear well

休闲鞋得耐穿。

Ten years on, the original concept was wearing well.

10年过去了，原先的概念仍不过时。


wear the trousers 做主，说了算，掌权；处于支配的位置，起指挥的作用

She may give the impression that she wears the trousers but it's Tim who makes the final decisions.

她让人觉得是她当家，但实际上是蒂姆说了算。


wear thin

开始变弱；变得不受欢迎；变得兴趣索然

to begin to become weaker or less acceptable

These excuses are wearing a little thin (= because we've heard them so many times before) .

这些托词让人听得有点儿腻烦。

wear away

wear sth↔away

（因重复使用而）变薄，变光滑；磨薄；磨光


The inscription on the coin had worn away.

铸在这枚硬币上的文字已磨平了。

The steps had been worn away by the feet of thousands of pilgrims.

成千上万的朝圣者把台阶踏得磨损了。

wear down

wear sth↔down

（因重复使用而）变小，变光滑；磨短

Notice how the tread on this tyre has worn down.

注意这个轮胎的花纹磨损的程度。

wear sb/sth↔down

（尤指通过不断攻击或施加压力）使衰弱，使意志薄弱

Her persistence paid off and she eventually wore me down.

她锲而不舍取得成功，终于使我服输了。

wear off

逐渐消失；消逝；逐渐停止

The effects of the drug will soon wear off.

这麻醉药品的作用将很快消失。

wear out

wear sth↔out

磨薄；穿破；磨损；用坏

He wore out two pairs of shoes last year.

去年他穿坏了两双鞋。

wear yourself/sb out

使疲乏；使筋疲力尽；使厌烦

The kids have totally worn me out.

孩子们简直把我烦透了。

You'll wear yourself out if you carry on working so hard.

你要是继续这样拼命工作，身体会吃不消的。