hoary

英['hɔːri] 美['hɔːri]
  • adj. 灰白的；古老的
hoarily hoarier hoariest hoariness
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详细释义

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

双语例句

1. a hoary old joke
老掉牙的笑话

来自《权威词典》

2. They discussed the hoary old problem.
他们讨论老问题.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Without a word spoken, he hurried away, with his hoary head bending low.
他什么也没说, 低着白发苍苍的头, 匆匆地走了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Hoary Mount Tai looked more precipitous.
古老的泰山越发显得崔嵬了.

来自汉英文学 - 现代散文

5. A venerable building -- grey , even in the midst of the hoary landscape.
一座尊严的建筑 —— 便是在一片白茫茫景色之中也很幽暗.

来自辞典例句

    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。

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