corny

大学 FREQ #11733

a. 谷类的, 乡巴佬似的, 粗野的 [建] 角制的, 角(质)的

发音

UK /ˈkɔːni/
AU
US /ˈkɔɹni/

词形变化

cornier 比较级 corniest 最高级 more corny 比较级 most corny 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Boring and unoriginal.

    The duct tape and wire was a pretty corny solution.

  2. 2.

    Hackneyed or excessively sentimental.

    肉麻

    The movie was okay, but the love scene was really corny.

    He sent a bouquet of twelve red roses and a card: "Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, So are you." How corny is that?

  3. 3.

    Uncool, stupid, lame.

    俚语 非裔美国英语
  4. 4.

    Containing corn.

    罕用
  5. 5.

    Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.

    废旧
  6. 6.

    Tipsy; drunk.

    英国 废旧 俚语
  7. 7.

    Horny (sexually aroused; experiencing sexual desire).

    委婉
  8. 1.

    Having or pertaining to corns (a type of callus).

  9. 1.

    Horny; strong, stiff or hard like horn; resembling horn.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

bromidic platitudinal platitudinous

近义相关 1

unoriginal

相关短语

Corny keg Corny kegs

词源

From Middle English corny, equivalent to corn (“a type of cereal or grain”) + -y. Piecewise doublet of grainy. In the "hackneyed" sense, from "corn catalogue jokes", reputedly low-quality jokes that were formerly printed in mail-order seed catalogues.

来源：wiktionary