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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting.
  北温带地区的一个草本属，叶灰白；珠光香青。
• 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。
• 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。
• And though the fields look rough with hoary dew
  尽管白露使田野显得凄怆
• 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。
• In the cold, mom with rickets waist, messy and hoary hair in old cheeks side flapping, my eyes flash fuzzy.
  在寒风中，妈妈佝偻着腰，凌乱而花白的头发在苍老的脸颊旁飘扬着，我的视线顷刻间模糊了。