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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。