tire

['taiə]

n.轮胎, 金属圈
v.使疲倦, 厌烦, 劳累

例句与用法:

I never tire of reading Shakespeare.

我对莎士比亚的作品百读不厌。

My sister never tires of talking about her work.

我姐姐总是不厌其烦地谈论她的工作。

The tires of this car don't have enough air in them.

这辆汽车的轮胎气不足了。

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。

This work is tiring; it tires me out.

这工作很累人,可把我累坏了。

After working for fifteen hours I began to tire.

工作了十五个小时之后,我开始感到累了。

词形变化:

动词过去式: tired | 动词过去分词: tired | 动词现在分词: tiring | 动词第三人称单数: tires |

详细释义:

vt.

1. 使疲倦

A day's work tired him.

一天的工作累得他疲惫不堪。

2. 使厌烦[(+with)]

His long speech tired the audience.

他的长篇演讲令听众厌烦。

vi.

1. 疲劳

2. 厌烦[(+of)]

She never tires of talking about her hometown.

她总是津津乐道地谈论自己的故乡。


n.

轮胎; (车轮的)轮箍[C]

Tires are usually made of rubber.

轮胎通常由橡胶制成。

vt.

装轮胎