| 单词 | corny |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kɔ:ni] |
| 解释 | adj. 平淡无奇的；乡巴佬的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 平淡无奇的，乡巴佬 的 (unsophisticated; old-fashioned) 【记】 联想：corn(角)，带 角的动物随处可见， 所以平淡无奇 |
| 字源 | corny (adj.) 1570s, "full of corn, pertaining to corn, from corn (n.1) + -y (2). Chaucer used it of ale (late 14c.), perhaps to mean "malty." American English slang "old-fashioned, sentimental" is from 1932 (first attested in "Melody Maker"), perhaps originally "something appealing to country folk" (corn-fed in the same sense is attested from 1929). Related: Cornily; corniness. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 陈腐的 = old-fashioned; 乡巴佬的; 不懂世故的 = unsophisticated 【记】corn角: 整天呆在小角落里的人没有见过世面－乡巴佬的corn(n 玉米, 鸡眼)陈腐平庸的东西! |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】象corn 谷物一般平淡无奇的,是农村常见的 |
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