hoary是什么意思？

hoary

英[ˈhɔ:ri] 美[ˈhɔri, ˈhori]

• adj. （尤指毛发）因年老而变灰或变白的，古老的，陈旧的，灰白；

例句

• hoary hair 灰白的头发
• 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.
• They discussed the hoary old problem. 他们讨论老问题.
• a hoary old joke 老掉牙的笑话
• ...the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable. “女人心，海底针”这种老一套的鬼话

同义词

• adj.
  hoary的同义词之：年老的
  gray, white, elderly, aged, old,
• hoary的同义词之：其他释义
  frosty, gray, antiquated, aged, old, white, elderly, milky, grey,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  古老的;陈旧的;老掉牙的
  If you describe a problem or subject as hoary, you mean that it is old and familiar.
  例句
  ...the hoary old myth that women are unpredictable. “女人心，海底针”这种老一套的鬼话

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  (尤指毛发)(因年老)灰白的; 花白的(常用于名词前)
  hoary hair 灰白的头发
  陈腐的;老掉牙的;陈旧的(常用于名词前)
  They discussed the hoary old problem. 他们讨论老问题。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair;
  "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge"nodded his hoary head"
  2. ancient;
  "hoary jokes"
  3. covered with fine whitish hairs or down