hokey
['hoki]
- adj. 做作的；虚情假意的
英英释义
- 1. effusively or insincerely emotional;
- "a bathetic novel"
- "maudlin expressons of sympathy"
- "mushy effusiveness"
- "a schmaltzy song"
- "sentimental soap operas"
- "slushy poetry"
- 2. artificially formal;
- "that artificial humility that her husband hated"
- "contrived coyness"
- "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"
- "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
实用场景例句
- Do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself around.
- 转一转左脚.
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中文词源
hokey 矫揉造作的
来自hokum的形容词。
双语例句
- 1. No hokey mouse messages here.
- 这里没有提供热键鼠标消息.
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- 2. Do the Hokey Pokey and turn yourself around.
- 转一转左脚.
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英文词源
- hokey (adj.)
- 1927, from hoke + -y (2). Related: Hokiness.