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stale

adjective
/steɪl/
/steɪl/
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  1. (of food, especially bread and cake食物,尤指面包和糕点) no longer fresh and therefore unpleasant to eat不新鲜的
    • This bread's going stale.面包不新鲜了。
    • There was one piece of stale chocolate cake left in the tin.烤盘里还剩一块不新鲜的巧克力蛋糕。
    Topics Cooking and eatingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • with
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  2. (of air, smoke, etc.空气、烟等) no longer fresh; smelling unpleasant不新鲜的;(空气)污浊的;(烟味)难闻的
    • The atmosphere was stale with cigarette smoke.烟味令空气污浊。
    • The room smelt of stale sweat.房间里闻着有股汗臭味。
    • The room smelled musty and stale.这个房间闻起来有股发霉的陈味儿。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • with
    See full entry
  3. something that is stale has been said or done too many times before and is no longer interesting or exciting陈腐的;没有新意的;老掉牙的
    • stale jokes老掉牙的笑话
    • Their marriage had gone stale.他们的婚姻已了无热情。
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    • Of course I've heard. That's stale news.我当然听说过。那是陈旧的消息。
    • The routine of married life had gone stale on them.他们的日常婚姻生活已经过时了。
    • What had seemed fresh and exciting at first was now stale and predictable.起初看起来新鲜和令人兴奋的东西现在已经老套乏味了。
    • What made the work so stale and uninteresting?是什么让作品如此陈腐无趣?
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • with
    See full entry
  4. a person who is stale has done the same thing for too long and so is unable to do it well or produce any new ideas(因持续做某事时间太长)厌倦的,腻烦的
    • After ten years in the job, she felt stale and needed a change.在那个岗位干了十年之后,她觉得腻了,需要换换工作。
    • The cast is changed regularly to stop the actors from getting stale.演员阵容定期更换,以防止演员变得陈腐。
  5. Word OriginMiddle English (describing beer in the sense ‘clear from long standing, strong’): probably from Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from estaler ‘to halt’; compare with the verb stall.

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