| 词汇 | hoary |
| 释义 | hoary adjective uk /ˈhɔː.ri/ us /ˈhɔːr.i/ old-fashioned very old and familiar and therefore not interesting or funny: 老掉牙的，老套的 hoary oldHe told a few hoary old jokes and nobody laughed.他讲了几个老掉牙的笑话，没人觉得好笑。 literary (of a person) very old and with white or grey hair（人）老的，白发的，头发灰白的 Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marmoreal meh menial menially middle-aged staidly stale staleness stodgily stodgy watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely weary You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Old or old-fashioned Describing people who are old Examples of hoaryhoary No one would argue with the shaping force of ' culturally traditional ' transmission, though the individuating role of the griot, griotte or karisi is a hoary subject in oral literary debates. We heard the hoary old arguments about jacking up prices and cutting public expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have trotted out the same hoary old studies on minimum wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then we have had the hoary story about the waste of public money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall deal with those two hoary, old, ornithological squawks once and for all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I turn to the hoary chestnut of foreign competition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been told that this question is a hoary annual. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My second reason for having some misgivings is the hoary old matter called "consultation". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hoary old myth that young people become lone parents because of the availability of benefits is precisely that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt they will cease to be cadets and become hoary veterans in that process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second part of the amendment refers to the hoary old idea that we are overtaxed and spending too much in the public sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that this rather hoary old chestnut had long since fallen to the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The other hoary question we must examine about the industry is its profits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their sixth argument was the hoary old annual which comes up every time— administrative convenience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is the hoary old question of funding, which must be considered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of hoary These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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