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'"