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hackneyed expressions

  • 1 tópico

    adj.
    1 commonplace, topical, platitudinous.
    2 topical, applied to the surface, local.
    m.
    1 topic, subject, issue, subject matter.
    2 platitude.
    * * *
    1 MEDICINA external
    1 commonplace, cliché
    ————————
    1 commonplace, cliché
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (Med) local
    2) (=trillado) commonplace, trite
    2. SM
    1) (=lugar común) commonplace, cliché
    2) LAm (=tema) topic, subject
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1) <comentario/afirmación> trite
    2) (Farm)
    II
    a) (tema, asunto) topic, subject
    b) ( tema trillado) hackneyed subject; ( expresión) cliché
    * * *
    = cliche, platitude, hackneyed expression.
    Ex. The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.
    Ex. I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with a model collection development policy rather than, as Ruth succinctly stated a moment ago, 'grandiose platitudes' with liberty and justice for all.
    Ex. By stereotypes I mean the hackneyed expressions people use in a more or less automatic fashion without stopping to think what they really mean.
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    * de uso tópico = use + topically.
    * uso tópico = for external use only.
    * * *
    I
    - ca adjetivo
    1) <comentario/afirmación> trite
    2) (Farm)
    II
    a) (tema, asunto) topic, subject
    b) ( tema trillado) hackneyed subject; ( expresión) cliché
    * * *
    = cliche, platitude, hackneyed expression.

    Ex: The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.

    Ex: I'd be very proud of you if you could come up with a model collection development policy rather than, as Ruth succinctly stated a moment ago, 'grandiose platitudes' with liberty and justice for all.
    Ex: By stereotypes I mean the hackneyed expressions people use in a more or less automatic fashion without stopping to think what they really mean.
    * de uso tópico = use + topically.
    * uso tópico = for external use only.

    * * *
    tópico1 -ca
    A ‹comentario/afirmación› trite, hackneyed, clichéd
    B ( Farm):
    [ S ] uso tópico for external use only
    1 (tema, asunto) topic, subject
    2 (tema trillado) hackneyed subject; (expresión) cliché, trite phrase/expression, commonplace
    * * *

    tópico 1
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    1 ‹comentario/afirmación› trite
    2 (Farm): ( on signs) uso tópico for external use only
    tópico 2 sustantivo masculino
    a) (tema, asunto) topic, subject


    ( expresión) cliché
    tópico,-a
    I adjetivo
    1 Med Farm uso tópico, for external use
    2 (comentario) trite
    II m (lugar común, frase hecha) commonplace, cliché, platitude
    ' tópico' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cliché
    - tópica
    - uso
    English:
    commonplace
    - platitude
    - take in
    * * *
    tópico, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. Med topical
    2. [manido] clichéd
    ♦ nm
    cliché
    * * *
    I adj MED
    :
    de uso tópico for external use
    II m cliché, platitude
    * * *
    tópico, -ca adj
    1) : topical, external
    2) : trite, commonplace
    1) : topic, subject
    2) : cliché, trite expression

    Spanish-English dictionary > tópico

  • 2 cliché

    m.
    1 cliché, commonplace, old saw, banality.
    2 stencil, cliché, plate.
    3 cliché, negative of photographic film.
    * * *
    1 (imprenta) plate
    2 (fotografía) negative
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Tip) stencil
    2) (=tópico) cliché
    3) (Fot) negative
    * * *
    1) (expresión, idea) cliché
    2) ( de multicopista) stencil; (Impr) plate; (Fot) negative
    * * *
    = cliche, stereotyped, stencil, master, spirit master, hackneyed expression.
    Ex. The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.
    Ex. His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex. The stylus emits tiny sparks which cut minute holes in the surface of the stencil.
    Ex. The supply would need to be replenished when the multiple copies had been used, so a master would be kept - usually for offset litho reproduction or for cutting a stencil on an electronic scanner.
    Ex. The catalogue covers filmstrips, slides, films, filmloops, portfolios, posters, charts, overhead projection transparencies, kits, cassettes, gramophone records, work cards, educational games, spirit masters, etc.
    Ex. By stereotypes I mean the hackneyed expressions people use in a more or less automatic fashion without stopping to think what they really mean.
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    * clichés = stereotyping.
    * hacer un cliché = cut + stencil.
    * lleno de clichés = cliche-ridden.
    * novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.
    * * *
    1) (expresión, idea) cliché
    2) ( de multicopista) stencil; (Impr) plate; (Fot) negative
    * * *
    = cliche, stereotyped, stencil, master, spirit master, hackneyed expression.

    Ex: The true meaning of the cliche 'A picture is worth more than ten thousand words,' is never more evident than when students first see themselves on camera after simulating reference interviews in the classroom.

    Ex: His work is criticized for its triviality, quantity, linguistically impoverished style, anemia of characterization, and cliched, stereotyped ideas and plots.
    Ex: The stylus emits tiny sparks which cut minute holes in the surface of the stencil.
    Ex: The supply would need to be replenished when the multiple copies had been used, so a master would be kept - usually for offset litho reproduction or for cutting a stencil on an electronic scanner.
    Ex: The catalogue covers filmstrips, slides, films, filmloops, portfolios, posters, charts, overhead projection transparencies, kits, cassettes, gramophone records, work cards, educational games, spirit masters, etc.
    Ex: By stereotypes I mean the hackneyed expressions people use in a more or less automatic fashion without stopping to think what they really mean.
    * clichés = stereotyping.
    * hacer un cliché = cut + stencil.
    * lleno de clichés = cliche-ridden.
    * novela escrita a base de fórmulas o clichés = formula fiction.

    * * *
    A (expresión) cliché
    B
    2 ( Impr) plate
    3 ( Fot) negative
    * * *

    cliché sustantivo masculino
    a) (expresión, idea) cliché


    (Impr) plate;
    (Fot) negative
    cliché sustantivo masculino
    1 Fot negative
    2 Impr plate
    3 (tópico) cliché
    ' cliché' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    latiguillo
    - tópica
    - tópico
    English:
    cliché
    - stencil
    * * *
    1. Fot negative
    2. Imprenta plate
    3. [tópico] cliché
    * * *
    m
    1 TIP plate
    2 ( tópico) cliché
    * * *
    1) : cliché
    2) : stencil
    3) : negative (of a photograph)

    Spanish-English dictionary > cliché

См. также в других словарях:

  • hackneyed expressions — expression which is used too often, common expression …   English contemporary dictionary

  • hackneyed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trite, stale, used, banal, commonplace. See habit. Ant., new; profound. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. worn out, old, trite; see common 1 , dull 4 . See Synonym Study at trite . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

  • trite — tritely, adv. triteness, n. /truyt/, adj., triter, tritest. 1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale: the trite phrases in his letter. 2. characterized by hackneyed expressions,… …   Universalium

  • trite — [[t]traɪt[/t]] adj. trit•er, trit•est 1) lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed 2) characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, etc • Etymology: 1540–50; < L trītus worn, common, ptp …   From formal English to slang

  • cornball — /ˈkɔnbɔl/ (say kawnbawl) Chiefly US –noun 1. a sentimentalist, especially one given to trite and hackneyed expressions. –adjective 2. sentimental in a trite and hackneyed way. {US cornball popcorn rolled into a ball and stuck together with… …  

  • take — See bring. Take occurs in numerous informal or incorrect expressions appearing in everyday conversation. Take and (I took and hit him on the nose) is an illiteracy. In the expression take, for example, take is unnecessary and should be omitted.… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • gantlet, gauntlet, gamut — One may run a gantlet (a former kind of military punishment). One may also run a gamut (a series of musical notes or the whole range of anything). But one may not run a gauntlet because it is a kind of glove. To take up the gauntlet ( to accept a …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • get — This word of many meanings has a primary one: to obtain, to come into possession of. It has numerous informal, idiomatic, or slangy meanings and appears in several hackneyed expressions. Among informal meanings of get and got (the past tense of… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • lay, lie — Lay means to place and is a transitive verb requiring an object. Lie, in the context here, means to recline, is intransitive, and takes no object. I shall lay the rug on the floor. Please lie down here. The principal parts of lay are lay, laid,… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • right, rightly — Right can be a noun (you have a right), a verb (right this wrong), an adjective (my right foot), or an adverb (right after bedtime). Rightly is an adverb only (rightly dressed). Both right and rightly can be used as adverbs to modify verbs (Spell …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • teeth — For no particularly good reason, one has a toothache, not a teethache, even if more than one tooth is hurting. One also refers to a toothbrush and to tooth marks, although the brush works on more than one tooth and marks result from the bite of… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

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