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　

GRE TEM8 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

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）。
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。
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。
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？
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。
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。
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。
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。
It also shows how the hoary old thesis and antithesis of genetics and upbringing combine in a most intriguing synthesis.
该论文同样揭示了遗传学和抚育的古老论题与其对立面如何在最复杂的综合体下发挥其综合作用。