stale
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat. (食物) 不新鮮的; 變味的
Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice, and stale water. 他們的日常飲食包括一塊不新鮮的麪包、一碗米飯，還有不新鮮的水。
2. ADJ Stale air or smells are unpleasant because they are no longer fresh. (空氣或氣味) 不新鮮的
...the smell of stale sweat. …汗臭味。
3. ADJ 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. (地方、活動、主意) 缺乏新鮮感的[表不滿]
Her relationship with Mark has become stale. 她和馬尅的關(guān)系已變得乏味了。
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stale /ste?l/ (staler,stalest)
劍橋詞典
- no longer new or fresh , usually as a result of being kept for too long
- A foul smell of stale beer permeated the whole building .
- The room was filled with the reek of stale beer and cigarettes .
- Have you got any stale cheese that I can bait the mousetrap with?
- In the cathedral vaults the air was dank and stale.
- Her breath was a little stale. 返回 stale
（通常指因久放）不新鮮的，走味的
The bread /biscuits /cake had gone stale. 麪包／餅乾／蛋糕已經(jīng)不新鮮了。
The morning after the party , their apartment smelled of stale cigarette smoke . 聚會後的次日早上，他們的公寓裡有一股汙濁的菸味兒。
not fresh and new; boring because too familiar
過時的，老套的，沒有新意的
stale jokes /news 老掉牙的笑話／過時的新聞
used to describe someone who has lost interest in what they are doing because of being bored or working too hard
（對所做之事）厭倦的，膩煩的
They had been working together for over five years and they had both become a little stale. 他們兩個已經(jīng)在一起共事5年多了，彼此都有一點兒厭倦。
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