| 单词 | hoary |
| 释义 | hoaryWord family adverbhoarilynounhoarinesshoarfrosthoarheadadjectivehoaryhoar hoar·y /ˈhɔːri/ adjectiveadj 1 OLD/NOT YOUNG[usually before noun] a hoary joke, remark etc is so well known that people no longer find it amusing or interesting 陈腐的，老掉牙的 Not that hoary old chestnut (=old idea, joke, remark etc) again. 别再说那老掉牙的话了。 2. DCB old-fashioned grey or white in colour, especially through age 〔尤指因年迈而变得〕灰白[花白]的 Examples from the Corpus hoary• a hoary 1940s musical• For a female swimmer, 29-year-old Angel Martino is downright hoary.• Then bring her back inside, complete with Groucho Marx cigar, to run through a repertoire of hoary Borscht-belt gags.• Attractive hoary foliage, and brilliant scarlet orange flowers.• At least one House Republican freshman maintains a hoary political tradition by staging town meetings with his constituents.• All the grass in front was brittle and hoary white.• It contains many majestic old oaks and hoary willows. (1500-1600) hoar; → HOARFROST |
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