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　

GRETEM8医学

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 both have made heavy moves into an even more archaic form of web advertising& the hoary old display ad, introduced nearly two decades ago.
  此外，两家公司都在网络广告方面大量使用古老的方式&历史悠久的展示广告，这是将近20年前的东西了。
• Although he didn't usually care for that hoary aphorism, it now seemed to contain a miraculous solution to all his problems.
  这一句陈腐的话，虽然平时他并不喜欢，但这时候他却觉得它是解决这一切问题的妙法了！
• 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。
• A hoary old butler slowly opened the creaking door.
  头发灰白的老男管家慢慢打开了嘎吱作响的门。
• It also shows how the hoary old thesis and antithesis of genetics and upbringing combine in a most intriguing synthesis.
  该论文同样揭示了遗传学和抚育的古老论题与其对立面如何在最复杂的综合体下发挥其综合作用。
• 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。
• Jostling against one another under the domination of desires, who will think of lenient hoary mother?
  在欲望的支配下彼此倾轧，有谁想到仁爱年老的母亲？
• 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。
• 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
• If this is the case, impediments must be cleared, including hoary traditions or time-honoured demarcations that structure society.
  若是这样，所有包括古老传统和界限的障碍物应被清除。