英语词汇“stale”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	stale
释义	stale stale /steɪl/ adjective 1 C1 no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long: » The bread/biscuits/cake had gone stale.» The morning after the party, their apartment smelled of stale cigarette smoke.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Not pleasant to eat or drink 2 F0 not fresh and new; boring because too familiar: » stale jokes/newsThesaurus⁺: ↑Tedious and uninspiring 3 F0 describes someone who has lost interest in what they are doing because they are bored or are working too hard: » They had been working together for over five years and they had both become a little stale.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Plain and ordinary , ↑Tedious and uninspiringThesaurus⁺: ↑Tedious and uninspiringstaleness /ˈsteɪl.nəs/ noun [U] Thesaurus⁺: ↑Not pleasant to eat or drink • • • Extra Examples:» 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.
随便看	not move a muscle not much cop not nearly as/so not nearly enough not/never in your wildest dreams not/never want for anything not/no more than not of any/much consequence not only ... also not only ... (but) also not only ... but also not on your life! not on your nelly notoriety notorious notoriously not pretend to do sth not pull any/your punches not put a foot wrong not put it past sb not put it past sb (to do sth) not put it past sb to do sth not put sth down not quite no trump

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