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Hackneyed Adj Trite Misleading Concise Sense Hæknid A.陈腐的,平常的

单词 hackneyed
音标 ['hæknid]
解释 a.陈腐的,平常的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 陈腐的,平常的(made trite by overuse; trite)
【考】 equivocation : misleading / bromide : hackneyed(模棱两可的话特点是 误导的/庸俗之言特点 是陈腐的)windy : concise / hackneyed : original(吹牛不简洁/陈腐不 创新)反义词:original(有 新意的); fresh(新的)
【记】 来自伦敦近郊城镇 Hackney, 以养马闻名,hack的 意思是'出租的老马' ,引申为' 陈腐的'
【例】 No one laughed at the comic's hackneyed joke.
字源 hackneyed (adj.)
1769, "kept for hire," past participle adjective from hackney. The figurative sense of "trite, so overused as to have become uninteresting" is older, 1749, from hack (n.2) in special sense of "one who writes anything for hire."
不择手段背单词 adj. 陈腐的(由于过多使用而变得过于熟悉) = trite
【记】来自伦敦近郊城镇(哈克尼)养的哈克尼马(用来当出租车): 由于过于频繁的使用而变得陈腐和平庸hack, n, eye, d: 黑客的眼睛是陈腐的(见上)
【类】equivocation: misleading = bromide[cliché]: hackneyed模棱两可的话是误导的 = 陈词滥调是陈腐的windy: concise = hackneyed: original长篇累牍的不是简洁的 = 陈腐的不是创新的
【反】original(adj 原始的; 有新意的); fresh(adj 新鲜的; 无经验的)offbeat(adj 反传统的); bromide(n 陈词滥调)-unhackneyed
趣味全助记 【记】hack 骇客 + 音:你的(广东话),对骇客来说,黑你的电脑实在是太陈腐,太平常的小事;hack+ key 骇客能拿到钥匙(密码)很平常

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