stale bread
collocation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。
变陈旧；变得不新鲜；变得令人厌烦
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变陈旧；变得不新鲜；变得令人厌烦
become stale; grow unpleasant from age or excessive exposure
If you leave the cake uncovered, it will stale within a day.
如果你不盖好蛋糕，它一天内就会变陈。
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
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.
变得陈旧；因过度曝光或消费而变得令人厌烦
To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
变得陈旧；因年龄而变得不愉快
To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
stale
Base
原形
stales
3rd person
第三人称单数
staling
-ing
现在分词
staled
Past
过去式
staled
Past participle
过去分词
The bread staled after a few days.
面包几天后变陈了。
The horse stales in the stable.
马在马厩里撒尿。
The argument has staled over time.
这个论点随着时间的推移已经变得陈腐。
动词stale常用于描述变陈旧或撒尿（尤指马）
Reading the same speech over and over stales the message.
一遍又一遍地读同一篇演讲稿，会让信息失去新意。
The long wait in the sun had staled the picnic sandwiches.
在太阳下漫长的等待使野餐三明治变陈了。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
霉味
The basement had a stale smell of dampness.
地下室有一股潮湿的霉味。
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联想 stall（马厩），马厩里牛马撒尿，气味陈腐。
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。
主要用于牛马等动物排尿
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