stale
发音
英 [steɪl]
美 [steɪl]
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- adj.
- 陈腐的
- 不新鲜的
- 走了味的
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- v.
- 变陈旧
- 变得不新鲜
- (牛马、骆驼等)撒尿
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- 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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