tire

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tire1 /taɪə $ taɪr/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TIRED to start to feel tired, or make someone feel tired （使）感到累，（使）感到疲劳

As we neared the summit, we were tiring fast.

接近山顶时，我们感到越来越累了。

In everyday English, people usually say get tired rather than tire: 在日常英语中，人们一般说get tired，而不说tire

The climbers were starting to get tired.

登山者开始觉得累了。

2 tire of somebody/something phrasal verbphr v

a) to become bored with someone or something 对…感到厌烦

Sooner or later he’ll tire of politics.

迟早他会厌倦政治的。

b) never tire of doing somethingOFTEN to enjoy doing something again and again, especially in a way that annoys other people 不厌其烦地做某事〔因此令人厌烦〕

He never tires of talking about the good old days.

他总是不厌其烦地谈论过去的好时光。

Examples from the Corpus

tire of • They began their affair in April, but he quickly tired of her.

never tire of doing something• He never tires of talking about the good old days.• And it was true, as Christians never tired of pointing out, that a painful spiritual confusion reigned.• And when speech gave way to the rhythmic breathing and small cries or even angry groans that I never tired of overhearing?• As Otis never tired of saying, this was the promised land.• I look at both my sewing and knitting as wonderful gifts that I will never tire of.• I never tire of watching this strange beast that lurches like a turkey and sways its neck like a swan.• She felt she would never tire of the way Ludo demonstrated each change in his mood.• Still, never tired of handing them out.• Yet certain films he would watch over and over again and never tire of them.

3 tire somebody ↔ out phrasal verbphr v TIREDto make someone very tired 使精疲力竭，使疲劳不堪 SYN exhaust

All that walking tired me out.

走了那么多路，把我累坏了。

Examples from the Corpus

tire out• Penelope had at first hoped to tire them out.• I was tired of eking out an existence near poverty level on my meager assistantship.• The long drive had tired her out and Jenna made her supper and went to bed quite early.• You know how all the tires were flat out at the lake that night?• I was tired of living out of a bag.• The teacher may feel it is quicker and less tiring to carry out the task alone, or to ignore teaching opportunities.• Now that they have tired them-selves out, they begin skinning the bull.• Saturdays and she was tired and worn out with the cleaning, shopping, washing, ironing.

Examples from the Corpus

tire• I felt as if I could run all day without tiring.• That coming from him who would go sick with a bad back whenever a job tired him.• I won't tire you with a long visit. I just wanted to stop in and see how you were doing.

tire2 noun [countableC]

TTRthe American spelling of tyre / tyre 的美式拼法 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车 →5 see picture at 见图 car

Examples from the Corpus

tire• On the concrete floor inside are tire tracks, and skid marks where kids have done wheelies or donuts.• Commission officials said tire burning is not new to Texas.• That can make the tires slippery.• Now the tire companies have fought back.

Origin tire1

Old English teorian, tyrian

tire1 verb →REGISTER1tire2 noun

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