hoary

英 [ˈhɔːri]

美 [ˈhɔːri]

adj.  陈腐的; 老掉牙的; 陈旧的; (因年老)灰白的，花白的

最高级：hoariest　比较级：hoarier　

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BNC.32663 / COCA.25494

牛津词典

adj.

• 陈腐的；老掉牙的；陈旧的
  very old and well known and therefore no longer interesting
  1. a hoary old joke
     老掉牙的笑话
• （因年老）灰白的，花白的
  grey or white because a person is old

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 古老的;陈旧的;老掉牙的
  If you describe a problem or subject ashoary, you mean that it is old and familiar.
  1. ...the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable.
     “女人心，海底针”这种老一套的鬼话

双语例句

• And though the fields look rough with hoary dew
  尽管白露使田野显得凄怆
• No matter what he talked about, he spoke in the cliches and hoary, stilted phrases of an old party manual.
  他无论讲什么，总是那些陈词滥调，唱着从陈旧的党内手册中搬来的老掉牙的高调。
• The old man made a will yesterday. the hoary ruins of English abbeys
  那老人昨天立了遗嘱。古老的英国寺院的遗迹
• The hero of the epic poem was described as being hoary with age.
  这部史诗的主人公被描绘成白发苍苍的老人。
• Hoary Mount Tai looked more precipitous.
  古老的泰山越发显得崔嵬了。
• Whose beard with age is hoar-Coleridge; nodded his hoary head.
  上了年龄的花白的胡须-柯尔雷基；点了点他头发花白的脑袋。
• Some of this looks quite unlikely, particularly the hoary promise to complete the trade round and the new one to reach a climate agreement.
  其中一些承诺看上去很难兑现，尤其是完成多哈回合贸易谈判的老承诺，以及达成气候变化协定的新承诺。
• On cue, militant atheists trotted out their own hoary lines: vacuity of the god of the gaps, meaninglessness of the questions about the meaning of it all, and so on.
  恰好在这时候，激进的无神论者提出了他们的古训：知识上的空白让人们空虚地迷恋上帝，对宇宙万物意义的追问其实毫无意义，等等。
• That hoary old chestnut should've been put to bed with the white australia policy.
  这么老掉牙的东西还是和白澳政策一起塞到床底下去吧。
• A venerable building& grey, even in the midst of the hoary landscape.
  一座尊严的建筑便是在一片白茫茫景色之中也很幽暗。