cheesy

adj. 干酪质的；下等的；漂亮的

中文词源

cheesy 拙劣可笑的

来自cheese的俚语义，笨蛋，傻瓜等。

cheesy (adj.): "cheese-like," late 14c., from cheese (n.1) + -y (2). Meaning "cheap, inferior" is attested from 1896, perhaps originally U.S. student slang, along with cheese (n.) "an ignorant, stupid person." In late 19c. British slang, cheesy was "fine, showy" (1858), probably from cheese (n.2) and some suggest the modern derogatory use is an "ironic reversal" of this. The word was in common use in medical writing in the late 19c. to describe morbid substances found in tubers, decaying flesh, etc.

2. Politicians persist in imagining that "the people" warm to their cheesy slogans.: 政客们还在想象着“人民”对他们的空洞口号会越来越感兴趣呢。