hoary
美音:[´hɔ:rı
]
英音:[´hɔ:rı
]
adj.灰白的,(因年迈而)头发灰白的,古代的,久远的
难易程度:
hoary为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:hoariness 副词:hoarily 形容词比较级:hoarier 最高级:hoariest
近义词, 同义词
white milk-white snow-white snowy candid chalky hoary silvery whitish creamy pearly fair blond blanched light white as driven snow white as a ghost
相关词
hoary
/'hɔ:rɪ; `hɔrɪ/
adj (-ier, -iest)
1 (also hoar) (esp of hair) grey or white with age （尤指毛发）因年老而变灰或变白的.
2 very old 古老的; 陈旧的
*a hoary old joke 老掉牙的笑话.
adj (-ier, -iest)
1 (also hoar) (esp of hair) grey or white with age （尤指毛发）因年老而变灰或变白的.
2 very old 古老的; 陈旧的
*a hoary old joke 老掉牙的笑话.
hoary
adj
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: hoar; HOARFROST]
[usually before noun]
a hoary joke, remark etc is so well-known that people no longer find it amusing or interesting
Not that hoary old chestnut (=old idea, joke, remark etc) again.
old-fashioned grey or white in colour, especially through age
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: hoar; HOARFROST]
[usually before noun]
a hoary joke, remark etc is so well-known that people no longer find it amusing or interesting
Not that hoary old chestnut (=old idea, joke, remark etc) again.
old-fashioned grey or white in colour, especially through age
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