1570s, "full of corn, pertaining to corn, from corn (n.1) + -y (2). Chaucer used it of ale (late 14c.), perhaps to mean "malty." American English slang "old-fashioned, sentimental" is from 1932 (first attested in "Melody Maker"), perhaps originally "something appealing to country folk" (corn-fed in the same sense is attested from 1929). Related: Cornily; corniness.
双语例句
1. I know it sounds corny, but I'm really not motivated by money.
我知道这听起来像是老生常谈，但我真的不是为了钱。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The dialogue and acting in Indecent Proposal are tired, cliched and corny.
《桃色交易》中的对白和表演尽落俗套，毫无新意。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He has an endless supply of corny jokes.
他有说不完的老掉牙的笑话.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The movie was just so corny that I had to leave before it finished.
这部电影太老土了我不得不在电影没放完之前离开。
来自辞典例句
5. The boss gets too corny when he talks to the workers.