Stale
[ stel ]
第3级
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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;
📝 例句
She's getting stale in her job and looking for a change.
她厌倦了她的工作,正寻求改变。
Her performance has become stale.
她的表演没有新意了.
The air of the room was fetid with stale tobacco smoke.
房间里的空气有陈烟的臭味。
These are things which can not be staled by repetition.
这些东西不会因为重复而失去新意。
He always bought two loaves of stale bread.
他总是要买两个不新鲜的面包。
🌱 联想助记
【串】sale(卖)东西用scale(天平)称一下,swale(沼泽地)里有块stale(陈旧的)shale(岩石)
【记】※ s-拼音“诗”,tale-传说、故事:诗人讲述过时的传说
※ s-似“美女”,tale-故事:这个美女老是讲一些陈腐的故事
※ s-似“美女”,ta-拼音“他”,le-拼音“了”:美女已经不爱他了,因为跟他在一起感觉没有新意
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
stale
adj
1 (esp of food) smelling or tasting unpleasant, mouldy or dry, because no longer fresh （尤指食物）不新鲜的, 走味的, 带霉味的, 乾瘪的
stale biscuits, bread, cake, beer 不新鲜的饼乾、 面包、 糕饼、 啤酒
the smell of stale cigarette smoke 陈旧香烟的烟味.
2 no longer interesting because heard, done, etc too often before; not new 因陈旧而乏味的; 过时的
stale news, jokes, ideas 老掉牙的消息、 笑话、 思想
Her performance has become stale. 她的表演没有新意了.
3 (of athletes, musicians, performers, etc) no longer able to perform well because of too much training, playing, practice, etc （指运动员、 音乐工作者、 表演者等）（因训练、 演奏、 练习等过度）疲沓的. stale, v [I]
become stale 变得不新鲜; 走味; 失去新意; 变得疲沓
The pleasure I get from listening to such music never stales. 这种音乐我百听不厌.
🎯 考研助记
s(蛇)+tale(传说):美女蛇的故事- 过时的 陈旧的 网友：yqy补充： 放在stall里太久了，都变stale了(想象一下牛棚里那难闻的气味吧)；源自stand：站得太久－－静止太久－－腐烂
🔁 扩展释义
*[steil]n. 尿a. 不新鲜的, 陈腐的, 疲惫的, 陈旧的vt. 使变旧, 走味vi. 变陈旧, 走味, 失时效, 撒尿【经】 失时效的, 停滞的
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It looks as if she's gone away for a few days.
好象她要外出好几天了。
It then sends these signals down an ordinary telephone line to another fax machine, which changes the signals back into the shapes of letters.
然后把这些符号通过一条普通的电话线送到另一台传真机上，传真机又把符号变为字母形状。
We succeeded in lighting the fire.
我们成功地点着火。