Dictionary entry
old-hat
adjective
过时的；陈腐的；老套的
Out of fashion or no longer interesting; overused and banal.
- 1.
s repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse；s out of fashion
老旧的；陈腐的
老旧的；陈腐的
In use
His old-hat jokes didn't get any laughs at the party.
Wearing bell-bottoms to a job interview is considered old-hat nowadays.
Many young people find the traditional teaching methods old-hat and ineffective.
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。
His jokes have become old-hat after being repeated so often.
他的笑话重复太多次，已经变得陈腐了。
old-hat + noun
用作定语，直接修饰名词。
She wore an old-hat style of dress.
她穿着一种老式连衣裙。
Common mistakes
This design is an old-hat.This design is old-hat.
old-hat 是形容词，表示‘过时的’，不能用作可数名词，所以前面不能加冠词 a/an。
These designs are old-hats.These designs are old-hat.
old-hat 作为形容词没有复数形式，不能加 -s。
Connections
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- outdated
- 过时的 · old-hat 强调因陈旧、重复而令人厌烦；outdated 侧重指不再符合当前时代或潮流
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
- old-timer
- 老前辈；老手 · n
- old-age
- 老年的；高龄的 · adj
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WORDNET.