tire/'taɪəʳ/

vt

1. 使人疲倦

• Reading small print tires the eyes very much. 看细小的印刷字体会使眼睛非常疲倦。

2. 使人厌烦；使人厌倦

• His long speech tired the wedding guests. 他的冗长致词使婚礼宾客感到厌烦。

vi

1. 疲倦

• You seem to be tired. 你好像是累了。

• Old people tire easily. 老年人容易疲倦。

2. 厌烦；厌倦

• He never tires of talking about his lovely daughter. 谈起他那可爱的女儿，他从不会厌倦。

• After a week I tired of eating fish. 我吃鱼吃了一个星期之后就腻了。

词组tire sb. out 使某人十分疲劳；使某人彻底累垮

• The long walk tired me out. 长途跋涉之后我很累。