hackney

中文释义

n. 乘用马；出租马车；出租汽车；操贱役的人 / vt. 役使；出租 / adj. 供出租的

v. to make something banal or trite through overuse.

The writer's style became hackneyed after years of repetition.经过多年的重复,作家的风格变得陈词滥调。
Using clichés can hackney your otherwise original story.使用陈词滥调会让你本来独创的故事变得平庸。