Dictionary entry
old-hat
adjective
过时的；陈腐的；老套的
核心释义
Out of fashion or no longer interesting; overused and banal.
- 1.
老旧的；陈腐的
s repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse；s out of fashion
老旧的；陈腐的
用法In use
His old-hat jokes didn't get any laughs at the party.
用法提示：old-hat 作形容词，修饰 jokes，表示‘陈腐的’。
Wearing bell-bottoms to a job interview is considered old-hat nowadays.
用法提示：old-hat 作形容词，描述行为或风格‘过时’。
Many young people find the traditional teaching methods old-hat and ineffective.
用法提示：old-hat 作形容词，用于描述方法‘陈旧’。
be old-hat
用作表语，表示某事物已不再新颖。
That technology is old-hat now.
那项技术现在已经过时了。
become/get old-hat
表示变得过时，强调变化过程。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- outdated
- 过时的 · old-hat 强调因陈旧、重复而令人厌烦；outdated 侧重指不再符合当前时代或潮流
词族Word family
- old-fashioned
- 过时的；老式的 · adj
- old-school
- 老派的；守旧的 · adj
- old-time
- 旧时的；老式的 · adj
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WORDNET.