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weather-beaten

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈweather-ˌbeaten adjective  weather-beaten buildings, skin, clothing etc look old and damaged because they have been out in bad weather 〔建筑物、皮肤、衣物等〕受日晒雨淋的,饱经风霜的 his weather-beaten face 他饱经风霜的脸
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weather-beatenThe rose wreath still hung in the apple tree, a little weather-beaten, already.Here the lane ended, and she found herself by the Green, facing the tiny weather-beaten church.And in the weather-beaten flesh Johnny Cash is a mighty impressive man.The church was a bare, weather-beaten ghost of a building with hollow windows and a sagging door.A tall man, with a pleasantly weather-beaten look, as though he spent much time out of doors.Each boat had been freshly painted in bright colours for the occasion, and beside them stood their sinewy weather-beaten owners.a weather-beaten table
because old they look and weather-beaten buildings, etc skin, damaged clothing Corpus


weather-beaten
ˈweather-ˌbeaten adjective
weather-beaten buildings, skin, clothing etc look old and damaged because they have been out in bad weather:
    his weather-beaten face


weather-beatenBrE /ˈweðə biːtn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈweðər biːtn/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (especially of a person or their skin 尤指人或人的皮肤) rough and damaged because the person spends a lot of time outside (因风吹日晒)粗糙的,晒黑的,受损的