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stale

/steyl/US // steɪl //UK // (steɪl) //

陈旧的,陈旧,陈腐的,陈旧不堪的

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watery含水,水样的,水样,含水的smelly有味的,有味,难闻,臭sour酸性的,酸溜溜的,酸味的,酸性stagnant停滞不前,停滞不前的,停滞,停顿musty发霉的,发霉,霉变,霉菌hackneyed乏味的,俗气的,乏味,俗气tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦corny陈词滥调,陈腐的,肉麻的,老套的threadbare线状物,线状的,线状体,线状结构dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的shopworn衣服,衣服穿在身上,衣服穿戴,衣服穿在身上的dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式stinking臭气熏天,恶臭,臭烘烘的,恶臭的spoiled坏了,被宠坏的,糟蹋,坏了的rank级别,等级,排名,职级parched干巴巴的,干渴,枯燥的,干渴的faded褪色,淡淡的,淡化,淡出reeking臭气熏天,臭气熏天的,臭气冲天,臭哄哄的antiquated古老的,古老,古代的,陈旧的stereotyped刻板印象,刻板的,千篇一律的,千篇一律

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    stal·er, stal·est.

    • : not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
    • : musty; stagnant: stale air.
    • : having lost novelty or interest; hackneyed; trite: a stale joke.
    • : having lost freshness, vigor, quick intelligence, initiative, or the like, as from overstrain, boredom, or surfeit: He had grown stale on the job and needed a long vacation.
    • : Law. having lost force or effectiveness through absence of action, as a claim.
  1. 1

    staled, stal·ing.

    • : to make or become stale.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.old, decayed
Synonyms
musty发霉的,发霉,霉变,霉菌smelly有味的,有味,难闻,臭sour酸性的,酸溜溜的,酸味的,酸性stagnant停滞不前,停滞不前的,停滞,停顿watery含水,水样的,水样,含水的dried干的,干涸的,干涸,干货dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式faded褪色,淡淡的,淡化,淡出parched干巴巴的,干渴,枯燥的,干渴的rank级别,等级,排名,职级reeking臭气熏天,臭气熏天的,臭气冲天,臭哄哄的spoiled坏了,被宠坏的,糟蹋,坏了的stinking臭气熏天,恶臭,臭烘烘的,恶臭的fetid恶臭的,恶臭,腥臭的,腥臭味flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的fusty锈迹斑斑,生锈的,锈迹斑斑的,锈蚀hard艰苦,艰难的,艰难,艰苦的insipid寡淡无味,索然无味,淡淡的,寡淡malodorous臭气熏天,恶臭,恶臭的,恶臭味noisome嘈杂的,嘈杂,嘈杂的声音,嘈杂声stenchy恶臭的,臭气熏天,恶臭,臭气熏天的tasteless无味,无味的,没有味道,味同嚼蜡weak软弱,弱,软弱无力,薄弱zestless无人问津,无人驾驶,无人值守,无人机
adj.overused, out-of-date
Synonyms
corny陈词滥调,陈腐的,肉麻的,老套的dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的hackneyed乏味的,俗气的,乏味,俗气shopworn衣服,衣服穿在身上,衣服穿戴,衣服穿在身上的threadbare线状物,线状的,线状体,线状结构tired累了,疲惫,疲劳,疲倦antiquated古老的,古老,古代的,陈旧的bent弯曲的,弯曲,弯的,弯弯曲曲out出,出了,出的,出门stereotyped刻板印象,刻板的,千篇一律的,千篇一律banal平庸的,平庸,平淡无奇,俗气clichécliché-ridden陈词滥调,陈词滥调的,陈词滥调的人,陈腔滥调clichédcommon常见的,普通,共同,共同的commonplace平凡的,平凡,平凡的事,平凡的事物dead死亡,死,死人,死的drab单调的,单调,单调乏味,暗淡dusty尘土飞扬,尘土飞扬的,尘封的,满身尘土effete圆滑,圆滑的,圆润,高效的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的fusty锈迹斑斑,生锈的,锈迹斑斑的,锈蚀insipid寡淡无味,索然无味,淡淡的,寡淡like a dinosaur像恐龙一样,如同一只恐龙,如同恐龙一样,如同恐龙一般mawkish夸夸其谈,夸夸其谈的,厚颜无耻,矫揉造作moth-eaten蠹虫蛀蚀,蠹虫,蠹虫害,蠹蚀passépast过去,过去的,过去的事情,过去的事platitudinous陈词滥调,陈词滥调的,老生常谈,俗话说repetitious反复无常,反复无常的,屡次,重复的timeworn久违的,陈旧的,久经考验的,久经考验trite陈词滥调,老套的,陈词滥调的,陈腐的unoriginal非原创,非原创性,非原创的,没有创意well-worn饱经沧桑,饱经沧桑的,磨损严重,饱经风霜worn-out破旧的,破旧,破旧不堪的,破烂的yesterday'szestless无人问津,无人驾驶,无人值守,无人机

Examples

  • To make them, I start by cutting a loaf of stale sourdough bread into large cubes and scattering them across a sheet tray.

  • If Zoom and other video chats have grown stale, hosting your own small get-togethers is a possibility.

  • The product lines in the CPG category are all hotly competitive, and profit margins, already low, shrivel quickly once a brand grows stale.

  • Kohl’s problem is that too many of its store brands grew stale, particularly in apparel.

  • Conversely, if the queue worker does not run frequently enough, the queue will stay high, and stale pages will remain in cache and be served to end users for longer than desired.

  • Both are stale and boring, and whichever one you end up having in the end is still unpleasant.

  • To call them mediocre, uninspiring, and stale would be overly generous.

  • The issues seem “stale” only because the commentators demand to be entertained.

  • Instead, they will be at best a stale and bitter punchline of our times and then fade, unloved, into obscurity.

  • Fine, she says, but they lived on three stale sandwiches a day.

  • The outside, also, well polished with sweet oil and stale milk, then enveloped in chamois leather.

  • They also know how to blow out and dress stale poultry, so as to make it look quite fresh and plump.

  • It reeked with stale tobacco-smoke, the smell of cookery, and the odors of frowsy clothes.

  • Long habit had not made her merit stale to me—the flavor of it was always fresh and new.

  • Let us have your news anyway, and forgive this silly stale effusion.

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