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ho·key /ˈhəʊki $ ˈhoʊ-/ adjective American English EMOTIONALexpressing emotions in an old-fashioned or silly way 〔表达感情时〕装腔作势的；陈词滥调的 a hokey song 一首风格陈旧的无聊歌曲Examples from the Corpushokey• It may sound hokey, but county fairs are still great entertainment.• But in the hands of director John Singleton, it instead descends disappointingly into vacuous, hokey Hollywoodism.• Even now, the default name they gave the boy themselves has a hokey ring to it.Origin hokey (1900-2000) hokumho·key adjectiveChineseSyllable old-fashioned an or silly expressing in way emotions Corpus |