hackneyed
英['hæknɪd]
美['hæknɪd]
- adj. 陈腐的；平庸的
- v. 出租（马匹、马车等）；役使（hackney的过去式）
英英释意
- 1. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
- "bromidic sermons"
- "his remarks were trite and commonplace"
- "hackneyed phrases"
- "a stock answer"
- "repeating threadbare jokes"
- "parroting some timeworn axiom"
- "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"