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单词 corny
释义 corny
I. \ˈkȯrnē, ˈkȯ(ə)n-, -ni\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English, from corn (I) + -y
1. archaic : tasting strongly of malt
2. : of or relating to corn : producing, abounding in, or full of corn
 < the corny ear — Matthew Prior >
3. : using familiar and sterotyped formulas believed to appeal to the unsophisticated : trite
 < the American satirizing the Englishman and the Englishman satirizing the American reach their corniest and most obvious depths — Stephen Potter >
 < a play full of corny music and corny jokes >
bc mawkishly sentimental
 < fantasy about a blue kitten … in less talented hands … could have been painfully cornyAtlantic >
: old-fashioned
 < TV sets are selling poorly because their styling is a little backward, sort of cornyTime >
: characterized by threadbare moralizing, exaggerated theatricality, or grandiose but commonplace sentiments
 < especially eloquent in a slightly corny way, with the wide gestures and grandiloquent intonations of a United States senator — F.L.Allen >
II. adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: corn (III) + -y
1. : relating to corns
2. : having corns on the feet
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