banal
英 [bə'nɑːl; -'næl]
美[bə'nɑl]
- adj. 陈腐的；平庸的；老一套的
- n. (Banal)人名；(法、意)巴纳尔
英英释意
- 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'"