Wordiyostale
🇬🇧 UK/steil/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREC1
Definitions
adj.
No longer fresh or pleasant, as food or air; no longer interesting or original; hackneyed.
不新鲜的，变味的；陈腐的，老套的
v.
To become or make no longer fresh or interesting.
变陈旧，失去新鲜感
n.
Something, especially food, that is no longer fresh.
不新鲜的食物
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishstaleother
=stale
Common Collocations
- 1.go stale变得不新鲜／失去新意
- 2.stale air浑浊的空气
- 3.stale bread不新鲜的面包
- 4.stale ideas陈腐的想法
Example Sentences
- 1.
The bread had gone stale after sitting on the counter for three days.
- 2.
The comedian's jokes felt stale, as if he hadn't updated his material in years.
- 3.
Opening the windows helped clear the stale air from the stuffy office.