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

• 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？
• 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。
• And though the fields look rough with hoary dew
  尽管白露使田野显得凄怆
• 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。
• By striking a deal with the SEC and federal prosecutors, Ivan boesky avoided the hoary tactic of financiers in legal trouble& the quick flight to a country that will not extradite U.S. fugitives.
  伊万•博伊斯基（证券内幕交易案犯译注）通过和美国证券交易委员会（SEC）以及联邦检察官达成协议，没有采取陷入法律纠纷的金融家们一贯使用的伎俩逃到不会引渡美国逃犯的国家。
• 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。
• As I in hoary winter night stood shivering in the snow ( Robert Southwell).
  我站在古老的冬日雪夜中颤抖（罗伯特·索恩韦尔）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。