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corny    音标拼音: [k'ɔrni]
a. 谷类的,带乡下味的,粗野的,有鸡眼的

谷类的,带乡下味的,粗野的,有鸡眼的

corny
adj 1: dull and tiresome but with pretensions of significance or
originality; "bromidic sermons" [synonym: {bromidic},
{corny}, {platitudinal}, {platitudinous}]

Corny \Cor"ny\ (k?r"n?), a. [L. cornu horn.]
Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
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Up stood the cornu reed. --Milton.
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Corny \Corn"y\, a.
1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn.
[R.] "The corny ear." --Prior.
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2. Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.]
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A draught of moist and corny ale. --Chaucer.
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3. Tipsy. [Vulgar, Eng.] --Forby.
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4. overly or simplistically sentimental. [informal]
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5. trite or tiresome; too weak to be effective; -- said of
unsubtle attempts at humor; as, a corny joke; a corny
skit. [informal]
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