corny的词源

英文词源

corny (adj.)

1570s, "full of corn, pertaining to corn, from corn (n.1) + -y (2). Chaucer used it of ale (late 14c.), perhaps to mean "malty." American English slang "old-fashioned, sentimental" is from 1932 (first attested in "Melody Maker"), perhaps originally "something appealing to country folk" (corn-fed in the same sense is attested from 1929). Related: Cornily; corniness.

中文词源

corny：老生常谈的

来自corn, 谷物。俚语词，即种田的人谈的，乡巴佬的。

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