wear
穿着,磨损,穿戴,磨损程度
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Definitions
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wore, worn, wear·ing.
- : to carry or have on the body or about the person as a covering, equipment, ornament, or the like: to wear a coat;to wear a saber;to wear a disguise.
- : to have or use on the person habitually: to wear a wig.
- : to bear or have in one's aspect or appearance: to wear a smile;to wear an air of triumph.
- : to cause to deteriorate or change by wear: Hard use has worn these gloves.
- : to impair, deteriorate, or consume gradually by use or any continued process: Long illness had worn the bloom from her cheeks.
- : to waste or diminish gradually by rubbing, scraping, washing, etc.: The waves have worn these rocks.
- : to make by such action.
- : to bring about or cause a specified condition in by use, deterioration, or gradual change:to wear clothes to rags; to wear a person to a shadow.
- : to weary; fatigue; exhaust: Toil and care soon wear the spirit.
- : to pass gradually or tediously: We wore the afternoon away in arguing.
- : Nautical. to bring on another tack by turning until the wind is on the stern.
Phrases
- wear and tear
- wear another hat
- wear down
- wear off
- wear one's heart on one's sleeve
- wear out
- wear out one's welcome
- wear the pants
- wear thin
- wear two hats
- wear well
- hair shirt, wear a
- if the shoe fits, wear it
- none the worse for (wear)
- worse for wear
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The next dry day, she invariably looked worse for wear, as if she’d been shivering since our last encounter.
They also suffer from far less wear and tear over the course of their lifespan.
It wouldn’t be unlike the shoewear company to promote a new technology for everyday wear and then incorporate it into their other shoe lines.
Then when I was pregnant with my son, working at the UN, and unable to find professional maternity wear that was long-lasting, sustainable, and comfortable, I realized there is a huge gap in the market here.
Microscopic wear and polish on a worn section of the Tabun stone resulted from it having been ground or rubbed against relatively soft material, such as animal hides or plants, the scientists conclude in the January Journal of Human Evolution.
Growing up as a teen in the 1960s, she had yearned to wear the same clothes her girlfriends wore.
You had a great line in your piece on Geoffrey Beene about the “genre” of evening wear.
This is a country where women are allowed to wear one of 14 hairstyles.
Some of the staff who work at this hotel are North Korean and wear traditional North Korean dresses.
Yes, your German Shepherd Buster can wear his own health tracker.
She fixed her imploring eyes on the Virgin's face and on the saints; but all seemed to her to a forbidding look.