单词 | cliché |
释义 | cliché/ˈkliːʃeɪ /(also cliche) noun 1A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought: that old cliché ‘a woman’s place is in the home’ the usual worn-out clichés about the English [mass noun]: a mixture of good humour, innuendo, and cliché...
Synonyms platitude, hackneyed phrase, commonplace, banality, truism, trite phrase, banal phrase, overworked phrase, stock phrase, bromide; saw, maxim, adage, dictum, saying; tag, aphorism; expression, phrase, formula informal old chestnut rare apophthegm 1.1A very predictable or unoriginal thing or person: each building is a mishmash of tired clichés you’re a walking cliché...
2 Printing, chiefly British A stereotype or electrotype.Both genres, so formulaic, overdetermined by clichés and stereotypes, are eminently accessible for parody....
OriginMid 19th century: French, past participle (used as a noun) of clicher 'to stereotype'. |
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