stale是什麼意思_音標_用法_例句

簡單釋義：

v. 走味；使陳舊；使沒有味道；用壞

adj. 不新鮮的；（空氣）污濁的；（煙味）難聞的；陳腐的

n. 囮子；笑柄；受人愚弄成為笑談的人；畜尿

網路 陳舊的；走了氣的；走味的

變形：

比較級：staler  最高級：stalest  過去分詞：staled  現在分詞：staling  第三人稱單數：stales  

完整釋義：

n.

1.(牛馬的)尿,畜尿
2.囮子,(獵人做掩蔽用的)假馬
3.笑柄;受人愚弄成為笑談的人
4.把手
5.扶手

adj.

1.陳舊的;腐敗了的,變壞了的;走了氣的,走了味的(酒等);乾癟的;霉臭的
2.陳,舊,過時,發霉的,走了味的
3.陳腐的,不新鮮的;陳腐不堪;枯燥乏味的
4.不新鮮的;陳腐的(俏皮話等)
5.過時的
6.混濁,混濁不堪的,宿濁難聞的
7.冷淡的,蕭條的,呆澀的(市場等)
8.(因過勞)弄垮了的,泄了氣的(學生、運動員等)
9.停滯的,不流的
10.【法律】(因不行使權利而)過期失效的

v.

1.變陳舊;走氣;走味,失時效
2.使陳舊;使沒有味道,使走氣;使失時效,用舊,用壞
3.變得不新鮮
4.(牛馬)撒尿
5.使變味
6.用環
7.顯得枯燥無味
8.變壞

例句：

1. All he could find was a stale soda cracker in one of the tins his mother had left behind when she ran off with the dentist.
   在他媽媽和牙醫私奔後留下的一個錫罐里，他找到了一塊不新鮮的蘇打餅乾。

2. When you breathe like this, stale air is not expelled, oxidation of the tissues is incomplete, and muscle tension frequently results.
   當你處在這樣的狀態下，身體中的廢氣不能及時排除，氧氣不足，很容易造成肌肉緊張。

3. Few people do shop at this supermarket, for many of the vegetables here seem to be stale.
   幾乎沒有人在這家超市購物，因為這裡的許多蔬菜好象不新鮮。

4. A spreadsheet is very easy to use and maintain, unlike the more formal project plan which quickly goes stale and is never easily updated.
   與很快會變得過時且難以進行更新的比較正式的項目計劃不同，電子表格非常易於使用和維護。

5. He took the stale bread, bowed politely, and hurried out; Miss Martha carried the picture back to her room.
   他拿了乾麵包，朝瑪莎小姐很禮貌地一鞠躬，便匆匆離開了；瑪莎小姐把那幅畫又拿回自己的房間。

6. It was much to ponder over, and sufficed to entertain her for more than a year without becoming stale.
   可琢磨的東西很多，足夠她欣賞個一年半載也不會感到乏味。

7. They had become boring and stale and old and were in danger of losing the interest of the British people.
   它們已經變得無趣，因循舊，而且也可能喪失利益的英國人。

8. When he tried to refuse, his first meal of the day, a plate of cold, dry meat and stale bread, was taken away from him.
   當父親想拒絕的時候，他那天的第一次伙食，一份又冷又乾的肉和不新鮮的麵包，就被從手中奪走了。