stale
- IPA[steɪl]
英式
- (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry；no longer new and interesting or exciting
- make or become stale
verb: stale, 3rd person present: stales, gerund or present participle: staling, past tense: staled, past participle: staled
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry stale bread 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ no longer new and interesting or exciting their marriage had gone stale 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a person) no longer able to perform well or creatively because of having done something for too long a top executive tends to get stale
- ▪ (of a cheque or legal claim) invalid because out of date justifications for adverse possession go beyond stale claims
動詞
- 1. make or become stale she would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now
- 更多解釋
- IPA[stāl]
美式
- (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry: stale bread
- make or become stale: she would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[steɪl]
英式
- (of an animal, especially a horse) urinate: the horse staled while he was riding
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[stāl]
美式
- (of an animal, especially a horse) urinate: the horse staled while he was riding
Oxford American Dictionary
