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
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- a hoary old joke
老掉牙的笑话
- a hoary old joke
- （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.- ...the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable.
“女人心，海底针”这种老一套的鬼话
- ...the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - And though the fields look rough with hoary dew
尽管白露使田野显得凄怆 - 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？ - 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。 - 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。 - Tackling this hoary puzzle requires expertise in several fields, including cryptography, linguistics and medieval history.
要解决这个古老谜团，必须旁及好几个领域的专门知识，包括密码学、言学和中世纪历史等。 - Everyone seems to agree that it was refreshing to see two women presenting the latest series instead of the usual older man-younger woman combo, but Christmas sees the return of Sir Bruce Forsyth and his hoary gags.
每个人都更想看到在最新一季中，原先的老人-年轻女子的组合，被两个女人所取代，不过这个圣诞，布鲁斯福赛斯爵士要带着他的老段子回归了。 - In order to investigate the biological characteristics of Hoary Bamboo Rat, We had three tests for it.
为了研究银星竹鼠的生物学特性，本研究进行了3个试验。 - The mountain was silhouetted against the sky. Hoary Mount Tai looked more precipitous.
那座山在天空的衬托下显得轮廓分明。