hoary

adjective
🔊/ˈhɔːri/
🔊/ˈhɔːri/
[usually before noun]
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  1. (old-fashioned) very old and well known and therefore no longer interesting陈腐的;老掉牙的;陈旧的
    • a hoary old joke老掉牙的笑话
  2. (literary) (especially of hair尤指头发) grey or white because a person is old(因年老)灰白的,花白的
    • His hair was a hoary white.他的头发是白色。
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