banal
英 [b?'nɑ?l; -'n?l]
美[b?'nɑl]
- adj. 陳腐的;平庸的;老一套的
- n. (Banal)人名;(法、意)巴納爾
英英釋意
- 1. obvious and dull;
- "trivial conversation"
- "commonplace prose"
- 2. repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
- "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'"