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。
陈腐的;老套的;过分感伤的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
陈腐的;老套的;过分感伤的
Boring, unoriginal, or excessively sentimental.
The joke was so corny that everyone groaned.
这个笑话太老套了,大家都叹气了。
乏味且缺乏新意的。
Boring and unoriginal.
与鸡眼(一种胼胝)有关的。
Having or pertaining to corns (a type of callus).
枯燥乏味却故作深奥或标新立异的
dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or originality
陈腐的或过度感伤的。
Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.
My grandfather loves telling corny jokes at family dinners.
我爷爷喜欢在家庭聚餐时讲老掉牙的笑话。
The speech was full of corny phrases like 'follow your dreams'.
那篇演讲充满了“追逐梦想”之类陈词滥调的说法。
She found the romantic song too corny, but I thought it was sweet.
她觉得那首情歌太煽情了,但我认为它很动人。
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。
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。
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。
I know this sounds corny, but I love you.
我知道这听起来很肉麻,但我爱你。
Not this
I want corny soup.
Use this
I want corn soup.
corny 并不表示“玉米做的/玉米味的”,而是“老套的、陈腐的、过分感伤的”。表示“玉米汤”时要用名词 corn 作定语:corn soup,不能把 corn 加 -y 变成 corny。
Not this
I don't like corny.
Use this
I don't like corny jokes.
corny 是形容词,不能单独作 like 的宾语。中文可以说“我不喜欢老套的”,但英语必须补出被修饰的名词(如 jokes、movies、songs),所以要在 corny 后加上 jokes 等名词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
我像八月的堪萨斯一样老土。
From the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical 'South Pacific' (1949), this line opens Nellie Forbush's song 'I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy', in which she cheerfully compares herself to a simple, sentimental Midwestern girl.
这句歌词出自罗杰斯与汉默斯坦1949年的音乐剧《南太平洋》,是内莉·福布什的唱段《我爱上了一个了不起的家伙》的开头,她怡然自得地把自己比作一个朴实、感性、土气的美国中西部姑娘。
Use corny naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.