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

• 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。
• Aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves.
  北美西部干旱地区的一种芳香灌木，叶灰白色。
• 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。
• My friends are growing up day by day, and was young and the mature, how can I not had time to grow on the outline of the first to hoary?
  我的朋友们正在一天天地长大，成熟并且风华正茂着，我怎么可以没来得及成长就率先苍老了轮廓？
• Behind a fence of iron-tracery with Byzantine motifs, eight hoary olive trees attract the attention of the visitor as he enters the garden.
  在拜占廷式铁制窗格栅栏后的八颗有如斑斑白发般的橄榄树，吸引观光客的注意，彷如置身园中一般。
• 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。
• When going in grow some v/ arc able-bodied man to wrap babushka, when they are answered already hoary head defends a margin even.
  去时里长给有的壮丁裹头巾，他们回时已经白头还要去守边。
• 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。
• 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。