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
- 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。 - 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。 - Without a word spoken, he hurried away, with his hoary head bending low.
他什么也没说，低着白发苍苍的头，匆匆地走了。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Hoary Mount Tai looked more precipitous.
古老的泰山越发显得崔嵬了。 - 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。 - 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。