cornball
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
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A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar.
— How large and inviting were the cornballs that piled the platter, and how crisp and glossy the braids and twists of molasses candy that mother and cousin had made when the little ones were snug in bed.
形容词 adj.
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Naive, corny.
— I know this sounds cornball, but I'd like to somehow make a difference in people's lives.
词源
词源 1
From corn + ball.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English corn
English -ball
English cornball
From corn + -ball.
# (US, informal) An unsophisticated person.
# (US, informal) Something or someone excessively corny.
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That movie was a real cornball.
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2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:
[Paul] Rudd, especially, finds the perfect balance between synthetic cornball charm and actual emotional engagement. Like the movie itself, he’s best when playing the rom-com clichés straight.
# (US, originally African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) A corny person; an uncool, stupid, or lame person.
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Who's this cornball, man?
English corn
English -ball
English cornball
From corn + -ball.
# (US, informal) An unsophisticated person.
# (US, informal) Something or someone excessively corny.
#:
That movie was a real cornball.
#*
2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:
[Paul] Rudd, especially, finds the perfect balance between synthetic cornball charm and actual emotional engagement. Like the movie itself, he’s best when playing the rom-com clichés straight.
# (US, originally African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) A corny person; an uncool, stupid, or lame person.
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Who's this cornball, man?
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