cliché
/ˈkliːʃeɪ/(亦作cliche)
noun
1
- a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought陈词滥调; 陈腐思想。
1.1
- a very predictable or unoriginal thing or person平庸的人, 平庸之物; 缺乏创造力的人, 非独创之物。
2
- Printing, chiefly Brit. a stereotype or electrotype【印刷】〈主英〉铅版, 铅版印刷; 电版, 电铸版, 电版印刷物。
词源
mid 19th cent.: French, past participle (used as a noun) of clicher 'to stereotype'.