Hoary

(adj.) ancient; 'hoary jokes' .

哈恩编辑

• Its hoary traditions make it an object of absorbing interest to even the most careless stranger, and thus far it had interest for me; but no further. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The early history of Damascus is shrouded in the mists of a hoary antiquity. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It seems like profanation to laugh and jest and bandy the frivolous chat of our day amid its hoary relics. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I will give the hoary bigot no advantage over me; and for Rebecca, she hath not merited at my hand that I should expose rank and honour for her sake. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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