先看下面這句熱門口語：

Im worn out. 我累死了。

worn是wear過去分詞，過去式是：wore

當(dāng)然worn本身也是個(gè)形容詞。

worn [w??n]adj.

用壞的;用舊的;磨薄的;疲憊的;筋疲力盡的

She was looking very haggard and worn.

她看上去非常憔悴和疲憊。

Youre worn out, Laura, he said. Go home and get some rest.

“你太累了，勞拉，”他說，“回家休息一下吧?！?/p>

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

Worn rugs increase the danger of tripping

磨損的小地毯會使人更容易絆倒。

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

我的鞋跟給磨損了。

《漢英大詞典》

The shoes were worn out of shape.

把鞋穿走形了。

《漢英大詞典》

The childs trousers have worn through at the knees.

孩子褲子的膝蓋處磨破了。

His fingers poked through the worn tips of his gloves.

他的手指從手套的破指尖處露了出來。

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極限，我就撐不住了。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

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

年深月久，碑文已經(jīng)磨滅了

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

如果馬掌磨薄或磨平，就需要換新馬掌了。

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

以每小時(shí)60英里的速度前進(jìn)的車輪很快就會磨出洞來。

The past few days had really worn him out

過去的幾天真把他給累壞了。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

This thing has plumb worn me out.

這件事讓我筋疲力盡。

Feet had worn a path in the rock

經(jīng)年的踩踏在巖石上形成了一條小徑。

The servant worn a fawning smile.

仆人的臉上露出一種諂笑。

He wore a puzzled look on his face.

他臉上流露出迷惑不解的神情。

His face wore a puzzled look.

他臉上流露出迷惑不解的神情。

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

我們駛過大門時(shí)，她流露出驚訝的神情。

Yellow clothes are worn as symbolic of spring

穿上黃色的衣服象征著春天來了。

《柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典》

v. wear穿;戴;佩戴;蓄，留(發(fā)、須等);流露，面帶，呈現(xiàn)(某種神態(tài)

wear的過去分詞。n.(尤用于商店)…時(shí)穿的衣服，…裝;衣著;穿著;穿戴;佩戴;使用量(或形式);耐用性;經(jīng)久性)

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

我穿這條游泳褲因?yàn)樗谒杏辛骶€效果。

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

穿那件白裙，你知道的，上面有黑色刺繡的那件。

Its just a social convention that men dont wear skirts

男人不穿裙子只是一種社會習(xí)俗。

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

我不愿戴耳機(jī)，因?yàn)樗赡軙构哪ご┛住?/p>

She was wearing a new coat.

她穿了一件新外衣。

wear a tie系領(lǐng)帶

Was she wearing a seat belt?

她系著座椅安全帶嗎？

He wore glasses.

他戴著眼鏡。

All delegates must wear a badge.

所有代表都要佩戴徽章。

She always wears black (= black clothes) .

她總是穿黑色衣服。

She wears her hair long.

她梳著長發(fā)。

She wore her hair in a long braid.

她梳著一根長辮子。

wear a beard

留胡須

Ive worn holes in all my socks.

我把我所有的襪子都穿破了。

wear well 耐穿，不過時(shí)，合潮流

Casual shoes need to wear well

休閑鞋得耐穿。

Ten years on, the original concept was wearing well.

10年過去了，原先的概念仍不過時(shí)。

wear the trousers 做主，說了算，掌權(quán)；處于支配的位置，起指揮的作用

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

她讓人覺得是她當(dāng)家，但實(shí)際上是蒂姆說了算。

wear thin

開始變?nèi)?；變得不受歡迎；變得興趣索然

to begin to become weaker or less acceptable

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

這些托詞讓人聽得有點(diǎn)兒膩煩。

wear away

wear sth?away

（因重復(fù)使用而）變薄，變光滑；磨?。荒ス?

The inscription on the coin had worn away.

鑄在這枚硬幣上的文字已磨平了。

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

成千上萬的朝圣者把臺階踏得磨損了。

wear down

wear sth?down

（因重復(fù)使用而）變小，變光滑；磨短

Notice how the tread on this tyre has worn down.

注意這個(gè)輪胎的花紋磨損的程度。

wear sb/sth?down

（尤指通過不斷攻擊或施加壓力）使衰弱，使意志薄弱

Her persistence paid off and she eventually wore me down.

她鍥而不舍取得成功，終于使我服輸了。

wear off

逐漸消失；消逝；逐漸停止

The effects of the drug will soon wear off.

這麻醉藥品的作用將很快消失。

wear out

wear sth?out

磨?。淮┢?；磨損；用壞

He wore out two pairs of shoes last year.

去年他穿壞了兩雙鞋。

wear yourself/sb out

使疲乏；使筋疲力盡；使厭煩

The kids have totally worn me out.

孩子們簡直把我煩透了。

Youll wear yourself out if you carry on working so hard.

你要是繼續(xù)這樣拼命工作，身體會吃不消的。