| 单词 | stale |
| 释义 | stale (steɪl ) Word forms: staler , stalest 1. adjective Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat. Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice and stale water. Synonyms: old, hard, dry, decayed 2. adjective Stale air or a stale smell is unpleasant because it is no longer fresh. A layer of smoke hung low in the stale air. ...the smell of stale sweat. Synonyms: musty, stagnant, fusty 3. graded adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you feel stale, you are bored because you have no new ideas or enthusiasm for what you are doing. I believe in progression, in taking risks, in never getting stale. 4. adjective 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. [disapproval] Her relationship with Mark has become stale. The Government, he said, were sticking to stale ideas. Translations: Chinese: 陈腐的 Japanese: 古くなった |
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