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小词详解 | stale
stale 英 [steɪl] 美 [steɪl]
With such high churn the basket of goods monitored by official statisticians would quickly go stale.
更迭率如此之高,官方统计人员监控的一篮子商品很快就会过时。
——《经济学人》The game is rife with stale, retrograde gender stereotypes — elements that were perhaps expected in 1985, when the first Super Mario Bros. was released in the United States, but that today are just embarrassing.
该游戏充满陈腐、落后的性别成见——这些元素于1985年《超级马里奥兄弟》第一版在美国发行时,可能在人们的意料之中,但出现在如今的这个版本里只会令人尴尬。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] (指食物)不再新鲜可口的;硬的、发霉的或干的
在我们恋爱的日子里,他在荒野中度过了40天。他的日常饮食包括一块不新鲜的面包、一碗米饭和变味的水。
He abided in the wilderness for forty days during our courting days. His daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice and stale water.一层烟雾低悬在污浊的空气中。还有一股刺鼻的烟味从他的衣服上飘出。
A layer of smoke hung low in the stale air. And an acrid scent of smoke wafted from his clothes.
听厌了的闲话
stale gossip她和马克之间已经没有新鲜感了。他们拒绝承受恋爱过程中爱情的起起伏伏。
Her relationship with Mark has become stale. They refuse to accept the ebb and flow of love in a relationship.
在那个岗位干了十年之后,她觉得腻了,需要换换工作。这就是为什么她一直在大街上四处奔走寻找新工作。
After ten years in the job, she felt stale and needed a change. That's why she's been tramping the streets looking for a job.
不再钦佩某人
stale one's admiration for sb
那匹正在厩栏上擦着身子的马在他骑的时候尿了。
The horse which is chafing against his stall staled while he was riding.
过期提单
a stale bill of lading
There will always be something fresh about him to love; so our marriage just can't go stale.
在他身上总是会有新的东西值得我爱的,这样我们的婚姻也就不会渐渐变得索然寡味了。
rancid: (of foods containing fat or oil) smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale decayed: having rotted or decomposed mouldy: covered with a fungal growth which causes decay, due to age or damp conditions