stale
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/steɪl/
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/steɪl/
Not fresh anymore, so it tastes bad
The stale bread was hard and not good to eat.
不新鮮的麵包又硬又不好吃。
Not fresh and smells bad
The air in the closed room was stale and stuffy.
密閉房間裡的空氣不新鮮且悶熱。
Not new or exciting anymore
The jokes felt stale because we heard them too many times.
這些笑話感覺不再新鮮,因為我們聽過太多次了。
Tired of doing the same thing for too long
After years in the same job, he felt stale and needed new challenges.
在同一份工作多年後,他感到厭倦並需要新的挑戰。