go stale
go stale 表示“变得不新鲜”,多用于食物;也可形容笑话、想法等失去新意。
Put the bread in a sealed bag, or it will go stale.
把面包放进密封袋里,否则它会变味。
陈腐的;老套的;过时的;旧的;已有一段时间的;拖延过久的;过期的;疲惫的;状态不佳的;过期的;逾期的
No longer fresh, especially food that has become dry, hard, or unpleasant.
多指食物、气味等不再新鲜
不再新鲜,指食物、尿液、稻草、伤口等
No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
不再新鲜、新颖或有趣,指想法和非物质事物;陈词滥调、老套、过时
No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
不是新的或最近的;已经存在或生效一段时间
Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
指索赔和行动,来得不合理地长
Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
因年龄或过度劳累而疲惫,指运动员和比赛中的动物
Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
过期,未支付过长时间,特别指支票
Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
指数据:过时;未与最新副本同步
Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
I forgot to close the bag, and by the next morning the popcorn was stale.
我忘了把袋子封好,到第二天早上爆米花就不新鲜了。
用法提示:stale 在句中作表语,表示食物受潮变陈、不再新鲜。
The bread was too stale to use for sandwiches, so I made breadcrumbs instead.
这块面包太不新鲜了,没法用来做三明治,所以我改做了面包屑。
用法提示:stale 用在 too...to 结构中作表语,强调不新鲜到了无法使用的程度。
This slice of cake is staler than the one I tried yesterday.
这块蛋糕比我昨天尝的那块更不新鲜。
用法提示:staler 是 stale 的比较级,用于比较两片蛋糕的新鲜程度。
go stale 表示“变得不新鲜”,多用于食物;也可形容笑话、想法等失去新意。
Put the bread in a sealed bag, or it will go stale.
把面包放进密封袋里,否则它会变味。
stale 作定语直接修饰名词,既可指食物不新鲜,也可指想法、笑话等陈腐。
He kept repeating his stale old jokes.
他不停地重复那些老掉牙的笑话。
be/get stale 作表语,可指数据或信息过时,也可指食物不再新鲜。
The website's data is stale and needs updating.
这个网站的数据已过时,需要更新。
stale 用在 smell、taste 等感官系动词后作表语,描述气味或味道不新鲜。
The air in the closed room smelled stale.
封闭房间里的空气闻起来有股陈味。
比 stale 正式,多用于评论写作或演讲,指语言因反复使用而失去新意。
常形容故事、台词、观点等;比 stale 更强调“已成为俗套”。
语气比 stale 更强,带贬义,多指思想、言论缺乏新意。
较口语化,也保留“疲倦”的本义,需根据语境理解;指事物时表示不再有趣。
grammar · medium
易错句子The bread has staled in the fridge.
正确表达The bread has gone stale in the fridge.
stale 只能作形容词,没有动词用法,所以不能用 have staled 表示“变味、变得不新鲜”;英语里用 go stale 或 get stale 表示“变得不新鲜”,即 go/get + 形容词。
grammar · medium
易错句子He bought a stale car from the second-hand market.
正确表达He bought an old car from the second-hand market.
stale 指食物不新鲜,或想法、说法、数据陈旧过时,并不表示物品因年代久远而“旧”;形容物品年头久要用 old,因此这里应改为 old。
此处取“不再新鲜”义(尤指食物等);反义为“fresh”。若指想法、消息等“陈腐、过时”,反义应选“original、novel”等,二者不可互换。
不新鲜的面包
I threw away the stale bread because nobody wanted to eat it.
我把不新鲜的面包扔掉了,因为没人想吃。
不新鲜的空气;浑浊的空气
The room had a stale air smell after being closed all winter.
整个冬天关着门,房间里有一股不新鲜的空气味。
老掉牙的笑话;陈腐的笑话
He keeps telling the same stale jokes at every party.
他在每次聚会上都讲同样的老掉牙笑话。
过时的数据;陈旧的数据
The report was based on stale data from five years ago.
这份报告基于五年前的过时数据。
过期支票;长期未兑现的支票
The bank refused to cash the stale check because it was more than six months old.
银行拒绝兑现这张过期支票,因为它已经开出六个多月了。
变得不新鲜;变得陈腐
If you leave the cookies out, they will go stale quickly.
如果你把饼干放在外面,它们很快会变得不新鲜。
面包放久了会变干变硬,常用来形容stale的状态。
饼干受潮后会失去松脆口感,变得不新鲜。
爆米花敞开放置后会变韧、不脆,是常见会变stale的食物。
麦片开封后吸收湿气会变软、失去脆感,和stale相关。
这世间的一切,在我看来,是多么可厌、陈腐、乏味而无益啊!
The bread was so stale that we fed it to the birds.
面包变得不新鲜了,我们把它喂了鸟。
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