英 [steɪl] 美 [steɪl]
adj. （食物）不新鲜的，变味的；气味不清新的，难闻的；没有新意的，老掉牙的；（因长期从事同一工作而）疲沓的，厌倦的；（支票，合法要求）（因过期而）失效的
v. （使）不新鲜，（使）走味，（使）陈旧；（动物，尤指马）撒尿
n. 尿
【名】 （Stale）斯塔莱（人名）
第三人称单数stales
现在分词staling
过去式staled
过去分词staled
比较级staler或more stale
最高级stalest或most stale
stale /steɪl/ CET4 TEM4 [ staler stalest ]
形容词 Stale food is no longer fresh or good to eat. (食物) 不新鲜的; 变味的
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，还有不新鲜的水。
形容词 Stale air or smells are unpleasant because they are no longer fresh. (空气或气味) 不新鲜的
...the smell of stale sweat.
…汗臭味。
形容词 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、活动、主意) 缺乏新鲜感的
Her relationship with Mark has become stale.
她和马克的关系已变得乏味了。
urinate, of cattle and horses
showing deterioration from age
stale bread
lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new
同义词： dusty / moth-eaten
失去时效的，过时的
陈腐-引用次数：5
She creates her own atmosphere and unconsciously lays bare the devastation and the twist that the stale feudal history and contemporaneous Shanghai culture have done to human nature. She establishes a special and bizarre literature world.
她创作出了自己的小气氛，又不自觉地以现实主义手法揭露了陈腐的封建历史与洋场社会对人性的摧残扭曲，开创了一片独特怪异的文学天地。
参考来源山河岁月 长沟流月去无声
陈化-引用次数：4
参考来源水稻种胚脂氧合酶
走味的
不新鲜的
陈旧的
过时的
（20）陈腐的（Stale）：是指呆滞笨重的葡萄酒，这种酒通常已经氧化或因酸度低而缺乏新鲜之感。
... awful：可怕的；极坏的；使人敬畏的 stale：陈腐的；不新鲜的 foul：肮脏的，不洁的，污秽的 ...
为了确定一条响应是保鲜的（fresh）还是陈旧的（stale），我们需要将其保鲜寿命（freshness lifetime)和年龄(age)进行比较。
... stalagmometer （表面强力）滴重计 stale 不新鲜（的）；陈旧（的）；失效（的）；干硬的；走味的；走气的 stale beer 陈啤酒；走气啤酒 ...
staleness 腐败；陈腐；不新鲜；泄气
Their marriage had gone stale.
他们的婚姻已了无热情。
There was a powerful smell of stale beer.
有一股浓烈的馊啤酒的气味。
A miasma of stale alcohol hung around him.
他身上老有股难闻的酒精味。
"But what we showed here is that we can make progress when we are willing to break free from some of the stale debates and old ideologies that have dominated and distorted the debate in this hemisphere for far too long,"
VOA : standard.2009.04.19
Ford said in a speech that our love affair with cars is stale, maybe even dying.
Data will be stale, and specific actions will be lost the longer the delay is.
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It would have been quite at home growing on a piece of stale bread.