词汇 | cornball |
释义 | cornball adjective USuk /ˈkɔːn.bɔːl/ us /ˈkɔːrn.bɑːl/ A cornball joke, film, story, etc. has no new ideas and is not sincere, or is too often repeated and therefore not funny or interesting: (笑话、电影、故事等)陈腐的,过时的,老掉牙的 the usual cornball romantic comedy老掉牙的浪漫喜剧 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 Examples of cornballcornball Wide though his interests were in music, there was a line, never to be crossed, between rich, fine music and over-the-top cornball. Even sadder is the realization that some of the old cornball movies are still fresher, more alive, than this regurgitation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The show featured a sequence of brief sketches of cornball humor, combined with performances by top acts in bluegrass, country and western and gospel music. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Twenty years on, the play feels like a period piece cornball, sure, but with a big-heartedness and linguistic vitality that todays emerging writers could learn from. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I thought it was cornball for years. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He also said complete with a sassy disco-diva vocal, cornball lyrics, and cheesy new wave synths and background vocals that quickly establish the duo's obsession with retro kitsch. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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