tire

英 ['taɪə(r)] 美 ['taɪər]

• n. 轮胎；金属圈
• v. 使疲倦；厌烦；劳累

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)疲劳

   (cause a person or an animal to) be weary or in need of rest

2. vi. 对(做)某事感到厌倦

   become uninterested in (doing) sth

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 轮胎
2. 轮箍
3. 头装
4. 头饰
5. 衣装
6. 围裙
7. 车胎
8. <美>轮胎
9. 金属圈

v. 动词

1. 疲倦
2. 使厌烦
3. 使疲倦
4. 装轮胎
5. 使厌倦
6. 打扮
7. 装饰
8. 梳头
9. 困倦
10. 疲劳
11. 不厌其烦地做
12. 对…感到厌倦
13. 对…腻烦
14. 使感到筋疲力尽
15. 对（做）某事感到厌倦
16. 使劳累
17. 厌烦

英英释义

Noun:

1. hoop that covers a wheel;

   "automobile tires are usually made of rubber and filled with compressed air"
   

Verb:

1. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;

   "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
   

2. exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress;

   "We wore ourselves out on this hike"
   

3. deplete;

   "exhaust one's savings"
   "We quickly played out our strength"
   

4. cause to be bored

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There is no tread on the tire - you should put on a new one.
   这条轮胎已经磨平了，你应该换一条新的。
2. The tires of this car don't have enough air in them.
   这辆汽车的轮胎气不足了。

用作动词 (v.)

1. I never tire of reading Shakespeare.
   我对莎士比亚的作品百读不厌。
2. The ceremony was short so as not to tire them.
   仪式很简短，以免使他们疲劳。
3. I think I must tire her dreadfully.
   我想我一定很惹她讨厌。
4. I'm afraid that trip will tire me out too much.
   我怕出去那么一趟会把我累坏了。
5. The purpose was to tire out the enemy.
   目的是疲惫敌军。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Young children tire quickly.
   小孩儿一下子就累了。
2. One tires easily in hot weather.
   天气炎热,人容易疲倦。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The ceremony was short so as not to tire them.
   仪式很简短,以免使他们感觉疲劳。
2. The long walk tired the kids.
   走了这么长的路,孩子们都累了。
3. Reading in the dim light soon tired his eyes.
   他在昏暗的灯光下看书,不久就觉得眼睛很疲劳。
4. His conversation tired her.
   他的话让她厌烦。
5. Her constant chatter tired everyone.
   她不住地东拉西扯,弄得人人都厌烦了。
6. The long lecture tired the audience.
   这冗长的演说使听众厌倦。

经典引文

• To displode their second tire Of Thunder.

  出自： Milton

• I lay down..sI still tired easilysand fell asleep.

  出自： G. Greene

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

tire of (v.+prep.)

对…厌烦 lose interest in; become tired of
tire of sb/sth/v-ing
He soon began to tire of her.

他很快就开始讨厌她了。
He never tired of the sound of his own voice.

他从不厌倦自己的讲话。
She never tires of talking about her clever son.

她谈起聪明的儿子时从不厌烦。
I never tired of listening to classical music.

我对古典音乐百听不厌。

tire out (v.+adv.)

使极度劳累 make sb very tired
tire sb ⇔ out
I could tell that the long walk tired him out.

我断定这次长途步行已使他筋疲力尽了。
The long journey tired us all out.

这次长途旅行把我们都累坏了。
The old veteran could tire out the most robust sportsman.

这位久经沙场的老将能把最强壮的运动员拖得筋疲力尽。

tire with (v.+prep.)

由于…使某人感到厌倦 lose interest in because of sth; become tired of because of sth
tire sb with sth
He tired the audience with his long speech.

他那冗长的发言使听众不耐烦了。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• tire abnormally 反常地累
• tire acutely 十分疲劳
• tire easily 容易累
• tire rapidly 很快就感到累
• tire sadly 令人悲哀地疲劳
• tire terribly 累得要命
• tire very soon 很快就感到累
• tire down 使精疲力竭
• tire out 使精疲力竭
• tire the enemy out 使敌人疲惫

～+介词

• tire of 厌倦,厌烦,对…失去兴趣
• tire of listening to classical music 听厌了古典音乐
• tire of reading the book 看厌了这本书
• tire with 由于…使厌烦

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. tire用作动词的意思是“(使)疲劳”“(使)疲倦”,指因过分地工作而感到累,需要休息,可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
2. tire作“对(做)某事感到厌倦”解时,指因长期干一种工作或干某些无聊、无用的事耗尽精力或耐心,而不愿或不能继续下去,用作不及物动词,后常跟“of+ n/ v -ing ”结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

tire, exhaust

• 这组词都表示“使某人疲劳”。其区别是：
• exhaust暗示体力、精力或精神完全衰竭,需要经过较长时间的休息才能恢复过来; tire则指一般体力上的消耗,短时期内即可恢复。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的tire，意为设备、覆盖物。

近反义词

【近义词】

• fatigue 疲劳
• weary 疲倦的
• exhaust 使筋疲力尽
• wear out 穿破
• drain 排出
• enervate 无力的
• fag (尤英）苦工...
• tire out 使筋疲力尽
• bore 使厌烦
• lethargize 使昏睡
• wind 风
• knock out 敲出
• burn out 烧掉
• do in <口>使极度疲乏...
• overwork 过度操劳
• overtax 课税过重
• prostrate 卧倒的
• debilitate 使 ... 衰弱
• disable 使 ... 失去能力...
• devitalize 夺去生命
• bush 灌木丛
• poop out 筋疲力尽
• flag 旗
• fail 失败
• trouble 困难
• jade 玉石
• outwear 穿旧
• wear down 使磨损, 使厌倦...
• tyre 轮胎
• play out 发生
• pall 遮盖物
• sap 树液
• fag out 使极度疲劳,使累坏,使极...
• run down 撞倒
• wear 磨损

【反义词】

• refresh （使）恢复精神...

派生词

v.(动词)

• tireless adj. 不倦的‖tirelessly adv. 不倦地‖tiresome adj. 令人生厌的‖tiresomely adv. 令人生厌地‖tiring adj. 令人厌倦的