timeworn

timeworn

adj

1. repeated too often
overfamiliar through overuse

e.g. 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'

Synonym: banalcommonplacehackneyedold-hatshopwornstock(a)threadbaretiredtritewell-worn

1.

1. 陈旧的：timework 计时工作 | timeworn 陈旧的 | timid 胆小的

2. 古舊：Time of Woes 苦難時期 | Timeworn 古舊 | Tingrom 提格隆

3. 用得陈旧了的：timework 计时工作 | timeworn 用得陈旧了的 | timeworntest 老化试验

4. 老朽的：timework 计时工作 | timeworn 老朽的 | timidcautious 狷