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

• On the one hand was sacred grave, on the other hoary locks.
  一方面是座神圣的孤坟，一方面是满头的白发。
• 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。
• 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？
• Aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves.
  北美西部干旱地区的一种芳香灌木，叶灰白色。
• 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。
• Although he didn't usually care for that hoary aphorism, it now seemed to contain a miraculous solution to all his problems.
  这一句陈腐的话，虽然平时他并不喜欢，但这时候他却觉得它是解决这一切问题的妙法了！
• 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。
• And though the fields look rough with hoary dew
  尽管白露使田野显得凄怆
• 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）。
• 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。