exhausted
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ex·haust·ed /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd $ -ˈzɒːs-/ ●●○ adjective 1 TIREDextremely tired 筋疲力尽的，疲惫不堪的 SYN worn out You look absolutely exhausted. 你看上去一副疲惫不堪的样子。exhausted from/by I was exhausted by the journey. 旅途使我筋疲力尽。► see thesaurus at tired RegisterIn everyday English, people often say worn out rather than exhausted: 在日常英语中，人们常说worn out，而不说exhaustedYou look worn out. 你看上去累坏了。2 FINISH/USE ALL OF somethinghaving or containing no more of a particular thing or substance 耗尽的；枯竭的 an exhausted coal mine 矿源枯竭的煤矿n COLLOCATIONSadverbsabsolutely exhaustedI was absolutely exhausted by the time we got home.totally/completely/utterly exhaustedLooking after a baby on my own left me feeling totally exhausted.physically exhaustedAfter the climb, both men were physically exhausted.mentally exhaustedWhen I got to the end of my exams I was mentally exhausted.emotionally exhaustedShe was emotionally exhausted, and the strain was beginning to affect her job.
Examples from the Corpus
exhausted• Sometimes it flops to the ground as if exhausted.• Sufficient space is available for lexicographers to create an extra four thousand entry-versions per table before the available space is exhausted.• The oxygen supply would soon become exhausted.• We had been walking for over 20 miles, and we were completely exhausted.• But the plot fertility would become exhausted and crops would be poorer.• The exhausted dancers collapsed as they stepped off the stage.• I was exhausted every day when I first started teaching, but I'm used to it now.• The five of them were still exhausted from their 36-hour train ride.• All that's left are some barren hillsides and a couple of exhausted mines.• Diminished responsibility did not mean exhausted responsibility, said Lord Taylor.• After two days they found him, an exhausted scarecrow of a figure hardly able to stand.• In time, people wore themselves out and peace, of an exhausted sort, was restored.• And what sort of pressure could an exhausted waitress apply?exhausted from/by• I hear his words but am too exhausted by guilt and remorse to answer.• A text would entail its interpretation only if meaning was exhausted by sense, the coded or literal meanings studied by semantics.• Johnson complained of having been rendered exhausted by Sir Alexander's over-zealous efforts to entertain him.• Ron was exhausted from studying all night.• They lay side by side on the couch, until she fell asleep, exhausted by the emotions of the day.• The poor man was exhausted by the end of the performance and his cardigan looked like a sack!• They looked exhausted by the march.• Nice and comfortable and dull. Exhausted by their exercise, they were content to drowse in the sun.• The motives were plentiful-fed up, afraid, exhausted by unhappiness.ex·haust·ed adjective →REGISTER1 →n COLLOCATIONS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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exhausted
ex‧haust‧ed /ɪɡˈzɔːstəd, ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd $ -ˈzɒːs-/
adjective
1. extremely tired
SYN worn out:
You look absolutely exhausted.
exhausted from/by
I was exhausted by the journey.
REGISTER
In everyday English, people often say worn out rather than exhausted:
▪You look worn out.
2. having or containing no more of a particular thing or substance:
an exhausted coal mine
■ adverbs
▪absolutely exhausted I was absolutely exhausted by the time we got home.
▪totally/completely/utterly exhausted Looking after a baby on my own left me feeling totally exhausted.
▪physically exhausted After the climb, both men were physically exhausted.
▪mentally exhausted When I got to the end of my exams I was mentally exhausted.
▪emotionally exhausted She was emotionally exhausted, and the strain was beginning to affect her job.
▪ tired feeling that you want to sleep or rest: I was really tired the next day. | the tired faces of the children
▪exhausted extremely tired: I was exhausted after the long trip home. | He sat down, exhausted. | She immediately fell into an exhausted sleep.
▪worn out [not before noun] very tired because you have been working hard: With three small children to care for, she was always worn out.
▪weary /ˈwɪəri $ ˈwɪr-/ written tired because you have been travelling, worrying, or doing something for a long time: weary travellers | a weary sigh | He looks tired and weary after 20 years in office.
▪fatigued formal very tired: They were too fatigued to continue with the climb. | Because of her illness, she often became fatigued.
▪drained [not before noun] very tired and feeling as if all your energy has gone: Afterwards, he felt drained, both physically and mentally.
▪bushed/beat [not before noun] informal very tired: I’m bushed. I think I’ll go to bed early. | I’m beat. I don’t think I’ll go for a run tonight.
▪knackered British English, pooped American English [not before noun] informal very tired. Knackered is a very informal use - do not use it in polite conversation: By the time I got home I was absolutely knackered.
▪shattered [not before noun] British English informal extremely tired: When I first started teaching, I came home shattered every night.
▪dead spoken extremely tired, so that you cannot do anything but sleep: I was absolutely dead by the time I got home.
ex‧haust‧ed /ɪɡˈzɔːstəd, ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd $ -ˈzɒːs-/
adjective1. extremely tired
SYN worn out:
exhausted from/by
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