单词 | cliché |
释义 | cliché cli.ché AHD: [kl¶-sh³“] D.J. [kli86.e!]K.K. [kli6.e]n.(名词)A trite or overused expression or idea:陈词滥调:陈腐的或滥用的辞句或概念:“Even while the phrase was degenerating to cliché in ordinary public use . . . scholars were giving it increasing attention”(&b{Anthony Brandt})“虽然这个短语在公众用法中正在沦落为老生常谈…学者们对它的关注却不断增加”(安东尼·勃兰特)语源:French [past participle of] clicher [to stereotype (imitative of the sound made when the matrix is dropped into molten metal to make a stereotype plate)] 法语 [] clicher的过去分词 [把…弄得一成不变(模拟铸铅版用的模型被丢进熔融的金属以制成铅版时所发出的声音)] 参考词汇:1. cliché,bromide,commonplace,platitude,truism2. The central meaning shared by these nouns is “an expression or idea that has lost its originality or force through overuse”: 这些名词的中心意思是“由于过多使用而使一个短语或概念失去新意或份量”: a once-original thought that has become a truism. 一度新颖的构思已经成为老生常谈 |
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