stale

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  • adj.
    陈腐的
    不新鲜的
    走了味的
  • v.
    变陈旧
    变得不新鲜
    (牛马、骆驼等)撒尿
  • n.
    (牛马、骆驼的)尿

单词词源

stale 陈腐的,污浊的

可能来自古法语 estal,存放的,固定位置的,来自 Proto-Germanic*stallaz,放置,固定位置, 来自 PIE*stel,放置,站立,词源同 stall,stand.引申比喻义久放的,陈腐的,污浊的。

双语例句

1. If you want to have stale ideas , follow this advice .
若想思想陈旧那就这么做吧。
2. The firefox browser was addressing many of ie 's stale shortcomings .
firefox浏览器解决了很多ie陈旧的缺点。
3. This caused them to pay more attention to what they were eating and so ate much less stale popcorn .
这导致(试验)参与人员将更多的注意力集中到所食用的食品上,因此他们就会少吃那些不新鲜的爆米花。
4. Fresh thinking , instead of stale arguments , has rarely been so badly needed .
新鲜的思维,而不是陈腐的争吵,似乎从未变得如此亟需。
5. In the dream he knew that the cake was stale and poisoned but he didn 't want to upset her .
在梦中,他知道蛋糕不新鲜而且有毒,但他显然不想让她扫兴。

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