| 单词 | stale |
| 释义 | Word Frequency stale 1(steɪl) adjective 1. (esp of food) hard, musty, or dry from being kept too long 2. (of beer, etc) flat and tasteless from being kept open too long 3. (of air) stagnant; foul 4. uninteresting from overuse; hackneyed stale clichés 5. no longer new stale news 6. lacking in energy or ideas through overwork or lack of variety 7. banking (of a cheque) not negotiable by a bank as a result of not having been presented within six months of being written 8. law (of a claim, etc) having lost its effectiveness or force, as by failure to act or by the lapse of time verb 9. to make or become stale Derived forms stalely (ˈstalely) adverb staleness (ˈstaleness) noun Word origin C13 (originally applied to liquor in the sense: well matured): probably via NormanFrench from Old French estale (unattested) motionless, of Frankish origin; related to stall1, installWord Frequency stale 2(steɪl) verb 1. (intransitive) (of livestock) to urinate noun 2. the urine of horses or cattle Word origin C15: perhaps from Old French estaler to stand in one position; see stall1; compare Middle Low German stallen to urinate, Greek stalassein to drip |
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