stale
stale
英[steɪl]美[steɪl]
adj.陈腐的，不新鲜的，走了味的；
比较级：staler;
*高级：stalest;
名词：staleness;
例句
I gagged on the stench of stale urine.尿臊味让我想吐。
The severity of mottling increases as eggs become stale. Discoloured yolks are rare.后期随色斑蛋的变质, 蛋黄颜色会逐渐变灰,但是褪色的情况很少发生.
Warm, stale air gusts up from the Metro, mixing with the smell of kebabs and urine.温热 、 污浊的空气在地铁站迎风而上, 混杂着烤肉和尿水的气味.
Your breath reeks of stale cigar smoke.你满嘴都是难闻的雪茄味。
They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.他们用变质的乳酪作捕鼠夹的诱饵.
Now don't you give me that stale drivel, Leslie.莱斯里,你别也来向我胡扯那套陈词滥调.
The room smelled musty and stale.这个房间闻起来有股发霉的陈味儿.
The only thing she had to eat was stale, moldy bread.她仅有能吃的东西就是不新鲜而且发霉的面包.
The phony glamour of night clubs soon became stale and boring.夜总会那种虚荣的繁华不久便失去了新意而使人生厌.
A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him.他身上老有股难闻的酒精味。
英语六级真题
minister of social security, quickly commissioned a study to determine the causes of and possible cures for this disturbing stale of affairs.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
(食物)不新鲜的，变味的
Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat.
例句
Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice and stale water.他们的日常饮食包括一块不新鲜的面包、一碗米饭和变味的水。ADJ-GRADED
(空气、气味)不新鲜的，污浊的
Stale air or a stale smells is unpleasant because it is no longer fresh.
例句
A layer of smoke hung low in the stale air.一层烟雾低悬在污浊的空气中。...the smell of stale sweat.汗臭味ADJ-GRADED
厌倦的;腻烦的
If you feel stale, you are bored because you have no new ideas or enthusiasm for what you are doing.
例句
I believe in progression, in taking risks, in never getting stale.我崇尚进取、冒险和永不倦怠。ADJ-GRADED
(地方、活动或观点)令人厌倦的，缺乏新鲜感的
If you say that a place, an activity, or an idea is stale, you mean that it has become boring because it is always the same.
例句
Her relationship with Mark has become stale...她和马克之间已经没有新鲜感了。The Government, he said, were sticking to stale ideas.他说*府仍在抱残守缺。英英词典释义
Verb
1. urinate, of cattle and horses
Adjective
1. showing deterioration from age;
"stale bread"2. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new;
"moth-eaten theories about race"3. no longer new; uninteresting;
"cold (or stale) news"
