(informal)trite, banal, or mawkishly sentimental (非正式)陈腐的;老套的;感伤的 it sounds corny, but as soon as I saw her I knew she was the one. 这听起来是挺俗套的。可当我第一眼看见她时,我就知道她是我的意中人了。
派生 cornily adverb corniness noun 语源
1930s: from an earlier sense 'rustic, appealing to country folk'