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stale 音標拼音: [st'el] n. 尿
a. 不新鮮的,陳腐的,疲倦的,陳舊的
vt. 使變舊,走味
vi. 變陳舊,變無味 尿不新鮮的,陳腐的,疲倦的,陳舊的使變舊,走味變陳舊,變無味 stale adj 1: lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age; " stale bread"; " the beer was stale" [ ant: { fresh}] 2: lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new; " moth- eaten theories about race"; " stale news" [ synonym: { cold}, { stale}, { dusty}, { moth- eaten}] v 1: urinate, of cattle and horsesStale \ Stale\, n. [ Cf. OF. estal place, position, abode, market, F. [' e] tal a butcher' s stall, OHG. stal station, place, stable, G. stall ( see { Stall}, n.); or from OE. stale theft, AS. stalu ( see { Steal}, v. t.).] 1. Something set, or offered to view, as an allurement to draw others to any place or purpose; a decoy; a stool pigeon. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Still, as he went, he crafty stales did lay. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A stalking- horse. [ Obs.] -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Chess) A stalemate. [ Obs.] -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A laughingstock; a dupe. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Stale \ Stale\, a. [ Akin to stale urine, and to stall, n.; probably from Low German or Scandinavian. Cf. { Stale}, v. i.] 1. Vapid or tasteless from age; having lost its life, spirit, and flavor, from being long kept; as, stale beer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not new; not freshly made; as, stale bread. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Having lost the life or graces of youth; worn out; decayed. " A stale virgin." -- Spectator. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Worn out by use or familiarity; having lost its novelty and power of pleasing; trite; common. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] Wit itself, if stale is less pleasing. -- Grew. [ 1913 Webster] How weary, stale flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { Stale affidavit} ( Law), an affidavit held above a year. -- Craig. { Stale demand} ( Law), a claim or demand which has not been pressed or demanded for a long time. [ 1913 Webster]
Stale \ Stale\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Staled} ( st[= a] ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Staling}.] To make vapid or tasteless; to destroy the life, beauty, or use of; to wear out. [ 1913 Webster] Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Stale \ Stale\ ( st[= a] l), n. [ OE. stale, stele, AS. stael, stel; akin to LG. & D. steel, G. stiel; cf. L. stilus stake, stalk, stem, Gr. steleo` n a handle, and E. stall, stalk, n.] The stock or handle of anything; as, the stale of a rake. [ Written also { steal}, { stele}, etc.] [ 1913 Webster] But seeing the arrow' s stale without, and that the head did go No further than it might be seen. -- Chapman. [ 1913 Webster]
Stale \ Stale\, v. i. [ Akin to D. & G. stallen, Dan. stalle, Sw. stalla, and E. stall a stable. [ root] 163. See { Stall}, n., and cf. { Stale}, a.] To make water; to discharge urine; -- said especially of horses and cattle. -- Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster]
Stale \ Stale\, n. [ See { Stale}, a. & v. i.] 1. That which is stale or worn out by long keeping, or by use. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 2. A prostitute. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Urine, esp. that of beasts. " Stale of horses." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 120 Moby Thesaurus words for " stale": allurement, antiquated, back- number, bait, banal, bewhiskered, blown, boring, bromidic, cliche, cliched, come- on, common, commonplace, corny, crumbling, cut- and- dried, dead, decoy, dilapidated, dilute, diluted, dry, dusty, enticement, fade, familiar, fetid, flat, flavorless, frowy, fusty, gamy, gone off, gone to seed, gruelly, hackney, hackneyed, hand- me- down, hardened, high, inane, indifferent, insipid, jejune, limp, mild, mildewed, milk- and- water, moldering, moldy, moss- grown, moth- eaten, mouldy, musty, noisome, off, old, old hat, old- fashioned, overused, pappy, platitudinous, pulpy, rancid, rank, reechy, reeking, rotten, ruined, ruinous, rusty, sapless, savorless, seducement, set, shopworn, smelly, snare, sour, soured, spiceless, spoiled, square, stenchy, stereotyped, stinking, stock, strong, tainted, tasteless, temptation, thin, threadbare, time- scarred, timeworn, tired, tiresome, trap, trite, truistic, turned, unflavored, unoriginal, unsavory, vapid, warmed- over, washy, watered, watered- down, watery, weak, weary, well- known, well- worn, wilted, wishy- washy, withered, worn, worn thin
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