wear

in wear

being regularly worn

（經常）穿著

wear one's heart on one's sleeve

wear oneself to a shadow

wear the trousers

wear someone/thing down

overcome someone or something by persistence

（以不懈的努力）戰勝（某人)，克服（某事）

wear something out (或 wear out)

use or be used until no longer in good condition or working order

穿破，用壞；耗盡，用盡

wearing out the stair carpet.

磨壞樓梯地毯。

the type was used again and again until it wore out.

鉛字反復使用，直到用壞為止。

(wear someone/thing out)exhaust or tire someone or something

（使）疲勞；（使）厭倦

an hour of this wandering wore out Lampard's patience.

這樣漫游一個鐘頭，蘭帕德失去了耐性。

wear down

To break down or exhaust by relentless pressure or resistance.

磨損，用壞：以不斷的壓力或阻力使磨損或壞掉

wear off

To diminish gradually in effect

逐漸消失：效果逐漸減少

The drug wore off.

藥效漸漸消失

wear out

To make or become unusable through long or heavy use.

用壞：由于長時間或重復使用使或成為無用

To use up or consume gradually.

逐漸用完或消耗

To exhaust; tire.

使耗盡；使疲乏

&I{Chiefly Southern U.S.} To punish by spanking

&I{【多用于美國南部】} 痛打懲罰

I'm going to wear you out!

我要好好教訓你

wear the pants 或 wear the trousers 【非正式用語】

To exercise controlling authority in a household.

在家中行使支配權

wear thin

To be weakened or eroded gradually

慢慢被弱化或侵獨

Her patience is wearing thin.

她的耐心正慢慢失去

To become less convincing, acceptable, or popular, as through repeated use

變得陳腐：因重復利用變得越來越不可信、不能接受或不吸引人

excuses that are wearing thin.

變得陳腐的理由