Word · Frequency #22732
cornier
陈腐的;老套的;过分感伤的
cornier is the comparative of corny.
Boring, unoriginal, or excessively sentimental.
- 1.
Boring and unoriginal.
乏味且缺乏新意的。
- 2.
Having or pertaining to corns (a type of callus).
与鸡眼(一种胼胝)有关的。
- 3.
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
枯燥乏味却故作深奥或标新立异的
- 4.
Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
陈腐的或过度感伤的。
长鸡眼的;与鸡眼有关的;乏味且缺乏新意的。;与鸡眼(一种胼胝)有关的。;枯燥乏味却故作深奥或标新立异的;陈腐的或过度感伤的。
In use
My grandfather loves telling corny jokes at family dinners.
The speech was full of corny phrases like 'follow your dreams'.
She found the romantic song too corny, but I thought it was sweet.
be corny
corny 常用来形容笑话、电影等因老套或过分感伤而显得乏味。
The joke was so corny that everyone groaned.
这个笑话太老套了,大家都叹气了。
a corny [noun]
作定语修饰名词,表示“陈腐的、老套的”。
It was another corny romantic comedy.
这又是一部老套的浪漫喜剧。
sound/look corny
表示某事听起来或看起来肉麻、俗气,常用于表白或解释前的铺垫。
Connections
Collocations
- corny joke
- 老掉牙的笑话
- He told a corny joke that made everyone groan.他讲了一个老掉牙的笑话,大家都无奈地哼了一声。
- corny dialogue
- 老套的台词
- The film's corny dialogue ruined the story.这部电影老套的台词毁了故事。
- corny movie
- 煽情老套的电影
- It's a corny movie, but I still cried at the end.这是一部煽情老套的电影,但结尾我还是哭了。
- corny song
- 俗气伤感的歌
- They played a corny song at the wedding.他们在婚礼上放了一首俗气伤感的歌。
- corny romance
- 俗套的爱情故事
- The novel is a corny romance with a predictable plot.这本小说是俗套的爱情故事,情节完全可以预料。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象玉米(corn)到处都是,太常见就不新鲜了——corny就是老套、陈腐、过分感伤。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:日常聊天、评价电影、笑话等 corny 在日常英语中通常用来形容笑话、电影等老套或过分煽情,多用于非正式场合;与鸡眼相关的医学义项比较少见,应避免混用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 corny 押韵的是 horny 和 thorny(都读 /ˈɔrni/)。corn、horn、thorn、morning 拼写中都有 -orn,但发音不同:前三个以 /ɔrn/ 结尾,morning 读 /ˈmɔrnɪŋ/,均不是 /ˈɔrni/。
Learn the forms together
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