not original; used too often to be interesting or to sound sincere 陳舊的;過時的;陳詞濫調的;老生常談的 a corny joke/song 老掉牙的笑話/歌曲 I know it sounds corny, but it really was love at first sight! 我知道這聽起來像陳詞濫調,然而的確是一見鐘情啊! Opera’s blend of corny emotion with glamour and spectacle appeals to advertisers. 歌劇將陳腐的情感與魅力和壯觀的景象結合在一起,這吸引了廣告商。 You sound like someone out of a corny film! 你說話像是老電影裏面的人!
Oxford Collocations DictionaryCorny is used with these nouns:- joke
Word Origin1930s: from an earlier sense ‘rustic, appealing to country folk’.