corny

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corn·y /ˈkɔːni $ ˈkɔːrni/ adjectiveadj

USE somethingtoo silly and repeated too often to be funny or interesting 陈旧的；平凡的；乏味的

corny jokes

老套的笑话

I know it sounds corny, but I dream about her every night.

我知道听起来有点老套，但我每天晚上都梦见她。

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corny• Hart is an amiable and enthusiastic guide, if a little corny at times.• And for once the finale - everyone coming together to sing Dylan's Chimes of Freedom - seemed not corny but exactly right.• It may sound corny, but I enjoy helping people.• It may sound corny, but the simple fact is, it works.• As if in a corny fiction, it is in the gents that we first identify each other and introduce ourselves.• a corny Hollywood romance• He says a lot of corny retro jive that used to go over big in the 1970s.• For instance, she notes that sunsets may now look corny too much like photographs of sunsets.

Origin corny

(1900-2000) corny “typical of the country” ((1900-2000)), from corn

corn·y adjectiveadj

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