hokey

FREQ #35927

a. 虚情假意的, 做作的

发音

UK /ˈhəʊki/
US /ˈhoʊki/

词形变化

hokier 比较级 hokier hokiest hokiest 最高级

别名

hokie hoaky hoky

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived; of obviously flimsy credibility or quality.

    美国 非正式

    When asked for his book report, Chad came up with a series of hokier and hokier excuses.

    I thought the windshield wiper blades were a little hokey when I saw their cheap packaging.

  2. 2.

    Corny; overly or unbelievably sentimental.

    美国 非正式

    Terry hated going to the cinema with Pat; she always chose hokey romantic comedies that made him want to gag.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

sentimental artificial mushy sappy contrived soppy maudlin stilted bathetic drippy

近义相关 3

emotional affected unnatural

相关短语

Hokey Cokey hokey pokey hokey pokeys hokey cokey 霍基─科基舞（跳舞者围成一圈边唱边舞动手臂和腿）；霍基─科基舞曲 Hokey Pokey hokey tokey hokey cokeys

词源

From the verb hoke (“to give an artificial feel to”), from hokum.

来源：wiktionary