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cliche

/klee-shey, kli-/US // kliˈʃeɪ, klɪ- //UK // (ˈkliːʃeɪ) //

陈词滥调,陈旧的,老套的,陈腐的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
    • : a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc.
    • : anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse.
    • : British Printing. a stereotype or electrotype plate.a reproduction made in a like manner.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : trite; hackneyed; stereotyped; clichéd.

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Examples

  • Yes, it’s practically a cliché these days, as meditation gets lobbed at us as the cure for everything from overeating to the pain of tough workouts.

  • I have acted out my favorite athlete cliché, the one in which a player emerges from the offseason claiming to be in the best shape of his life.

  • For dancers like Krishnan — who has lived in North America for the past 30 years — it’s still frustrating when he’s “boxed into annoying” clichés that ask him to act out his heritage.

  • One that also would fit right in, as the gear-copy cliché goes, at the bar afterward.

  • At a time when we’ve already exhausted all the clichés about the trials of 2020, Kipchoge losing a marathon seems like further proof that the time is out of joint.

  • Normally, the idea that a work is “timeless” is both praise and empty cliche.

  • Or maybe both cultures got off on a glorious combination of cliche and novelty, even if they disagreed on which was which.

  • I'm not sure that artist-chosen shows are of that much curatorial or art-historical use, and anyway they've become a cliche.

  • This is a very different situation that cannot be wished away by an increasingly cliche-ridden "moral defense of capitalism."

  • I realize how cliche and seemingly insufficient that sounds.

  • Von Schlichten described the situation succinctly, in an ancient and unprintable military cliche.

  • The beautiful casts of the French medals known to all electrotypers as Cliche moulds are in the alloy No. 3.

  • As the cliche goes, "With enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow."

  • First, Engraved plate or Cliche representing the ornament with which the edge is to be decorated.

  • Apart from the comfortable cliche in which she was seen enfolded, Sanchia pleased the eye.