| 单词 | stale |
| 释义 | stale (once / 1239 pages) 1adj 2v If something is stale, it's no longer fresh. Ever bite into a piece of bread that's been left out a little too long? Chances are it's stale, or dry and hard to eat. Try making some croutons out of it. The word stale comes from the Old French estaler meaning "to halt," which is what happens to your jaw when you try and bite down on a piece of stale bread — it just can't chew through it. But stale isn't a word that's used only when talking about food. When an idea is stale, it's old or boring. And when a horse stales, it's not old and crusty, it's urinating. Step aside. WORD FAMILYstale: staled, stalely, staleness, staler, stales, stalest, staling USAGE EXAMPLES“I got my mind refreshed as well. I was a bit stale.” Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) It urges gentlemen to move for up to 24 miles a day, and to opt for a diet of lean meat, stale bread, and biscuits. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Trump means discontinuity, even if the stale Republican policies of the past lead the way. Seattle Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1 1adj lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age stale bread the beer was stale Syn|Ant addled (of eggs) no longer edible bad, spoiled, spoilt(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition coldhaving lost freshness through passage of time day-oldnot fresh today harddried out flyblown, maggotyspoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies limp, wiltednot firm moldy, mouldy, mustycovered with or smelling of mold rancid(used of decomposing oils or fats) having a rank smell or taste usually due to a chemical change or decomposition rottenhaving decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness corrupt, taintedtouched by rot or decay putridin an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor putrescentbecoming putrid oldof long duration; not new unoriginalnot original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual fresh recently made, produced, or harvested callerfresh crisppleasingly firm and fresh fresh-cutcut recently good, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoiltnot left to spoil hotnewly made new-madenewly made strong, warmfreshly made or left newnot of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered 2adj lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new 2stale news Syn cold, dusty, moth-eaten unoriginal not original; not being or productive of something fresh and unusual v urinate, of cattle and horses |
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