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corny

/kawr-nee/US // ˈkɔr ni //UK // (ˈkɔːnɪ) //

陈词滥调,陈腐的,肉麻的,老套的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    corn·i·er, corn·i·est.

    • : of or abounding in corn.
    • : Informal. old-fashioned, trite, or lacking in subtlety: corny jokes.mawkishly sentimental: a corny soap opera.

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Examples

  • I honestly didn’t think I’d be able to keep a long-distance relationship going — my primary love language is touch, as corny as that sounds.

  • Chalk it up to me being old and corny, but I associate this event with us coming together.

  • It might sound corny, but the idea that things really actually might go back to normal is not as comforting as I thought it would be a year ago.

  • To swimming fans, Schmitt is “Schmitty,” easy-going and perpetually smiling, known among teammates for her corny jokes and an easy laugh.

  • Plan B, a teenage buddy comedy available on Hulu, isn’t wholly terrible, though much of its forced raunchiness falls flat, and too many of its gags feel corny and tired.

  • It was called Windowsill Daydreaming, Rochester, New York, from 1958, and, despite its corny name, it stopped me in my tracks.

  • But yeah, when we were making it, we did have—without being corny—a sense of it being somehow special, that it would do something.

  • Natural political ability and penchant for corny dad humor aside, Anthony Weiner has a true talent for lying.

  • Is it too corny to think of Bailey capturing love with the click of a shutter?

  • The joke—a corny one— was more like a stunt that high school kids would dream up, and that was the point of it.

  • Corny walked down the avenue and over the hill, in the direction of the anchorage of the steamer.

  • Corny wanted to see Christy, and Mrs. Passford had begun to be uneasy that he did not return at dark.

  • "First rate; she is as jolly as though no one ever heard of such a thing as war," replied Corny, with enthusiasm.

  • He was not quite satisfied with Corny's manner, or with the little he seemed to be willing to say about the rest of the family.

  • "I did not leave Mobile till two weeks later with Corny," added the major.