hoary 详细解释

hoary

['hɔ:ri]

adj.灰白的, 古老的

a.

1. (头发)灰白的

2. 年高德劭的

3. 古色古香的, 古老的

the hoary ruins of English abbeys

古老的英国寺院的遗迹

词形变化

副词: hoarily | 形容词比较级: hoarier | 形容词最高级: hoariest | 名词: hoariness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.年老的

old  aged  elderly  white  gray  

同义参见:

aged  frosty  antiquated  grey  frosty  milky  

英英释义

形容词 hoary:

showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

同义词：grey, gray, grey-haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed, grizzly, hoar, white-haired

ancient

同义词：rusty

covered with fine whitish hairs or down

同义词：canescent

补充

hoaryhoary英:[ˈhɔ:ri] 美:[ˈhɔri, ˈhori]adj.1.(尤指毛发)因年老而变灰或变白的2.古老的; 陈旧的

例句

1. a hoary old tradition值得尊敬的老传统 2. hoary cobwebs.灰白色蜘蛛网。 3. young lasses imprisoned by hoary old husbands.被上了年纪头发花白的丈夫禁锢的年轻妇女。 4. the hoary old adage often used by Fleet Street editors.经常被英国报纸编辑使用的陈腐老套的格言。 5. hoary [=ancient] legends古老的传说 6. a hoary tale of revenge古老的复仇故事 7. a hoary cliché/joke老掉牙的陈词滥调/笑话 8. He bowed his hoary head.他低下了他白发苍苍的头。 9. a man hoary with age白发老人

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