hoarier

英['hɔːri] 美['hɔːri]
  • adj.灰白的;古老的
hoarily hoarier hoariest hoariness
Adjective:
  1. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

    "whose beard with age is hoar"
    "nodded his hoary head"

  2. ancient;

    "hoary jokes"

  3. covered with fine whitish hairs or down

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. His hoary hair showed his age.
      他的花白的头发显示出了他的年龄。
    2. The hoary peasant mused over his past sufferings.
      这位白发的农民默想着他过去所受的苦难。
    3. He told us a hoary old joke that we'd all heard many times before.
      他给我们讲了一个我们都听了很多次的老掉牙的笑话。
    4. They discussed the hoary old problem.
      他们讨论老问题。