hoary 英 [ˈhɔ:ri] 　 美 [ˈhɔri, ˈhori]

hoary

hoary　 英 [ˈhɔ:ri] 美 [ˈhɔri, ˈhori]

adj. 久远的，古老的；灰白的　

比较级:hoarier　 最高级:hoariest　

But as the years have passed, what were once fresh ideas have hardened into hoary dogmas.　但是随着时间的流逝，一度新鲜的观念也变成了陈腐的教条。
Land rose from its womb, usurped its throne, and ever since the maddened old creature, with hoary crest of foam, wails and laments continually, like King Lear exposed to the fury of the elements.　大地从它的腹中隆起，篡夺了它的王位。 从那以后，暴怒的老家伙就开始顶着灰白色的泡沫不断的哀号恸哭，一如暴风骤雨之中的李尔王。

  • Use the adjective hoary to describe something that is old and worn out — like the hoary jokes your great uncle Albert clings to.
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  • adj. 久远的，古老的；灰白的

  • 1. But as the years have passed, what were once fresh ideas have hardened into hoary dogmas.

    但是随着时间的流逝，一度新鲜的观念也变成了陈腐的教条。

  • 2. Land rose from its womb, usurped its throne, and ever since the maddened old creature, with hoary crest of foam, wails and laments continually, like King Lear exposed to the fury of the elements.

    大地从它的腹中隆起，篡夺了它的王位。 从那以后，暴怒的老家伙就开始顶着灰白色的泡沫不断的哀号恸哭，一如暴风骤雨之中的李尔王。

  • 3. In spite of his hoary hair and beard he was as young as the youngest of us, his venerable exterior serving only as a white mantle for keeping his youth perpetually fresh.

    虽然他须发斑白，却和我们当中最小的那位一般年轻；他年高德劭的外表，却像一件雪白外衣使他青春永不褪色。

  • hoary (adj.) 1510s, "gray or white with age" (of hair); c. 1600 as "venerable, ancient;" from hoar + -y (2). Related: Hoariness.
hoary / ˈhɔːri ; NAmE ˈhɔːri / adjective [usually before noun ] 1 ( old-fashioned) very old and well known and therefore no longer interesting 陈腐的；老掉牙的；陈旧的 ◆ a hoary old joke 老掉牙的笑话 2 ( literary) (especially of hair 尤指头发 ) grey or white because a person is old （因年老）灰白的，花白的 hoary hoarier hoariest hoary / ˈhɔːri ; NAmE ˈhɔːri /
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