not original; used too often to be interesting or to sound sincere 陈旧的;过时的;陈词滥调的;老生常谈的 a corny joke/song 老掉牙的笑话/歌曲 I know it sounds corny, but it really was love at first sight! 我知道这听起来像陈词滥调,然而的确是一见钟情啊! Opera’s blend of corny emotion with glamour and spectacle appeals to advertisers. 歌剧将陈腐的情感与魅力和壮观的景象结合在一起,这吸引了广告商。 You sound like someone out of a corny film! 你说话像是老电影里面的人!
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCorny is used with these nouns:- joke
Word Origin1930s: from an earlier sense ‘rustic, appealing to country folk’.