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疲勞,累;厭倦,厭煩使疲倦,使累;使厭倦,使厭煩

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tire \Tire\, n.
   A tier, row, or rank. See {Tier}. [Obs.]

         In posture to displode their second tire Of thunder.
                                                  --Milton.

Tire \Tire\, n. [Aphetic form of attire; OE. tir, a tir. See
   {Attire}.]
   1. Attire; apparel. [Archaic] ``Having rich tire about you.''
      --Shak.

   2. A covering for the head; a headdress.

            On her head she wore a tire of gold.  --Spenser.

   3. A child's apron, covering the breast and having no
      sleeves; a pinafore; a tier.

   4. Furniture; apparatus; equipment. [Obs.] ``The tire of
      war.'' --Philips.

   5. [Probably the same word, and so called as being an attire
      or covering for the wheel.] A hoop or band, as of metal,
      on the circumference of the wheel of a vehicle, to impart
      strength and receive the wear.

   Note: The iron tire of a wagon wheel or cart wheel binds the
         fellies together. The tire of a locomotive or
         railroad-car wheel is a heavy hoop of iron or steel
         shrunk tightly upon an iron central part. The wheel of
         a bicycle has a tire of India rubber.

Tire \Tire\, v. t.
   To exhaust the strength of, as by toil or labor; to exhaust
   the patience of; to wear out (one's interest, attention, or
   the like); to weary; to fatigue; to jade. --Shak.

         Tired with toil, all hopes of safety past. --Dryden.

   {To tire out}, to weary or fatigue to exhaustion; to harass.

   Syn: To jade; weary; exhaust; harass. See {Jade}.

Tire \Tire\, v. t.
   To adorn; to attire; to dress. [Obs.]

         [Jezebel] painted her face, and tired her head. --2
                                                  Kings ix. 30.

Tire \Tire\, v. i. [F. tirer to draw or pull; of Teutonic
   origin, and akin to E. tear to rend. See {Tirade}.]
   1. To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does. [Obs.]

            Even as an empty eagle, sharp by fast, Tires with
            her beak on feathers, flesh, and bone. --Shak.

            Ye dregs of baseness, vultures among men, That tire
            upon the hearts of generous spirits.  --B. Jonson.

   2. To seize, rend, or tear something as prey; to be fixed
      upon, or engaged with, anything. [Obs.]

            Thus made she her remove, And left wrath tiring on
            her son.                              --Chapman.

            Upon that were my thoughts tiring.    --Shak.

Tire \Tire\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tired}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tiring}.] [OE. teorien to become weary, to fail, AS. teorian
   to be tired, be weary, to tire, exhaust; perhaps akin to E.
   tear to rend, the intermediate sense being, perhaps, to wear
   out; or cf. E. tarry.]
   To become weary; to be fatigued; to have the strength fail;
   to have the patience exhausted; as, a feeble person soon
   tires.

資料來源 : WordNet®

tire
     v 1: get tired of something or somebody [syn: {pall}, {weary}, {fatigue},
           {jade}]
     2: exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;
        "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: {wear upon}, {tire
        out}, {wear}, {weary}, {jade}, {wear out}, {outwear}, {wear
        down}, {fag out}, {fag}, {fatigue}] [ant: {refresh}]
     3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
        strength" [syn: {run down}, {exhaust}, {play out}, {sap}]
     4: cause to be bored [syn: {bore}] [ant: {interest}]

tire
     n : hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made
         of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn: {tyre}]