stale
adjective/steɪl/
/steɪl/
- (of food, especially bread and cake) 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- This bread's going stale.
- (of air, smoke, etc.) no longer fresh; smelling unpleasant
不新鲜的；污浊的；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
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- The atmosphere was stale with cigarette smoke.
- 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。
Extra Examples- Of course I've heard. That's stale news.
我当然听说过。那是陈旧的新闻。 - The routine of married life had gone stale on them.
婚姻生活对他们来说已经变得乏味了。 - 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?
是什么让这部作品如此陈旧、无趣？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- 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.
演员阵容会定期更换，以防止演员变得陈旧。
- After ten years in the job, she felt stale and needed a change.
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.