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.
雙語例句
1. I know it sounds corny, but I'm really not motivated by money.
我知道這聽起來像是老生常談，但我真的不是為了錢。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The dialogue and acting in Indecent Proposal are tired, cliched and corny.
《桃色交易》中的對(duì)白和表演盡落俗套，毫無新意。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He has an endless supply of corny jokes.
他有說不完的老掉牙的笑話.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The movie was just so corny that I had to leave before it finished.
這部電影太老土了我不得不在電影沒放完之前離開。
來自辭典例句
5. The boss gets too corny when he talks to the workers.