Dictionary🇨🇳 Chinese → 🇺🇸 English
cliche
cliché
Description
这个词是英语里的常用词，意思是很老、很常见、没有新意的说法或想法。
This word is a common English term meaning an old, very common, and unoriginal expression or idea.
人们用了太多次以后，这些话就变得没意思了，我们叫它 cliché。
After people use these phrases too many times, they become meaningless; we call this a "cliche".
Meanings
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an overused phrase, idea, or expression lacking originality
这个故事太老套了，全是 cliché。
This story is so clichéd, full of clichés.
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used as an adjective: unoriginal, predictable
电影的结局很 cliché。
The movie's ending is very clichéd.
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Notes
- Etymology
French loanword, originally a printing term for a stereotype plate; entered English in the 1800s.
- Nuance
often negative, implying something is boring because it has been said too many times.
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