hokey
['hәuki]
adj.
虚情假意, 做



hokey
[ adj ]

1. effusively or insincerely emotional

<adj.all>
a bathetic novel
maudlin expressions of sympathy
mushy effusiveness
a schmaltzy song
sentimental soap operas
slushy poetry

2. artificially formal

<adj.all>
that artificial humility that her husband hated
contrived coyness
a stilted letter of acknowledgment
when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation