Word · Frequency #9963
stale
变陈旧；变得不新鲜；变得令人厌烦
become stale; grow unpleasant from age or excessive exposure
- 1.
To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
使变得陈旧；使过时或失去新鲜感,特别是因过度曝光或消费
- 2.
To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
变得陈旧；因过度曝光或消费而变得令人厌烦
- 3.
To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
变得陈旧；因年龄而变得不愉快
使不新鲜；使变陈旧；使失去新意；使变得陈旧；使过时或失去新鲜感,特别是因过度曝光或消费；变得陈旧；因过度曝光或消费而变得令人厌烦；变得陈旧；因年龄而变得不愉快；使变旧
In use
If you leave the cake uncovered, it will stale within a day.
Reading the same speech over and over stales the message.
The long wait in the sun had staled the picnic sandwiches.
Verb forms
base stale · third person stales · -ing staling · past staled · past participle staled
动词stale常用于描述变陈旧或撒尿（尤指马）
Connections
Collocations
- stale bread
- 不新鲜的面包
- The bread had gone stale after being left out overnight.面包放了一夜后变干了。
- stale air
- 不流通的空气
- The room smelled of stale air and dust.房间里充满了不流通的空气和灰尘的气味。
- stale news
- 过时的新闻
- That story is stale news; everyone already knows about it.那已经是过时的新闻了，大家都知道了。
- stale joke
- 老掉牙的笑话
- He told the same stale joke at every party.他在每次聚会上都讲同一个老掉牙的笑话。
- stale smell
- 霉味
- The basement had a stale smell of dampness.地下室有一股潮湿的霉味。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 stall（马厩），马厩里牛马撒尿，气味陈腐。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：animal husbandry、veterinary 通常用于描述牛马等牲畜排尿的正式或专业场合。
Grammar Note
主要用于牛马等动物排尿
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'stale' (ending /-eɪl/). Be aware that 'stall' (/stɔːl/) looks similar but does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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