查询词典 stale

The place smells of stale tobacco like a taproom," he muttered presently;"there can be no harm in my smoking a cigar here. He took one from the case in his pocket; there was a spark of fire in the little grate, and he looked about for something to light his cigar with.

他从口袋中的烟匣里拿出一支雪茄来；小小壁炉里还有一星半点的余烬，他要找个东西引火来点燃他的雪茄。

I was discounted a tenner off my room service order which took 20 mins longer than announced and was 66% wrong (3 items but two incorrect -- wrong colour bread for the sarnies -- stale by the way -- and wrong drinks).

我的客房服务费用中打了10英镑的折扣，办手续比他们宣称的时间多了20分钟，并且错误率在66%（三个项目有两个弄错了---三明治面包颜色不对---顺便说一下，是霉变发绿的---饮料不对）。

Remember that there is such a fairy stale, one day, a group of mouse were thieving food in field.

记得有这样一则寓言故事。一天，一群老鼠正在田野里偷吃食物。

Instead of a friend in a post-chaise or in a Tilbury, to exchange good things with, and vary the same stale topics over again, for once let me have a truce with impertinence.

此时，既不必与邮递马车或二轮轻便马车上的一位友人絮聒美食，也不必旧话重提，喋喋不休，终于可以让我不必无礼地提出"暂停"。

These days, however, the bowl is dusty and the Tootsie Rolls stale.

然而现在，那只碗却落满了灰尘，逐渐陈旧了。

The fog and snow, the cold latitude, the heavy learning, the blue Coffee, the unbuttered bread, the soup and lentils, the heavy pork packer beans, the stale cheese, the soggy chow, the lousy wine have put the whole penitentiary into a state of constipation.

雾和雪、高纬度地区、渊博学识、发蓝的咖啡、没有抹奶油的面包、扁豆汤、罐头猪肉煮豆子、放了很久的奶酪、没有烹熟的食物和糟糕的酒已使这整座感化院里的人陷入便秘的窘境中。

The fog and snow, the cold latitude, the heavy learning, the blue coffee, the unbuttered bread, the soup and lentils, the heavy porkpacker beans, the stale cheese, the soggy chow, the lousy wine have put the whole penitentiary into a state of constipation.

雾和雪、高纬度地区、渊博学识、发蓝的咖啡、没有抹奶油的面包、扁豆汤、罐头猪肉煮豆子、放了很久的奶酪、没有烹熟的食物和糟糕的酒已使这整座感化院里的人陷入便秘的窘境中。

In the fear and stale air and utter darkness of the blind labyrinth, however, I said my prayers to the Archangel Gabriel, and told him that I wanted to meet him some day, but not yet.

伴随着害怕，在迷宫腐臭的空气和黑暗中，实际上，我说过我想大天使加百利祈祷，告诉他有一天我想见到他，但是还没有。

I'm so sick of the word "good"; it is so stale and vapid!

"善"这个词令我十分恶心；它是如此陈腐，如此索然无味！

Her hands were covered with layer upon layer of grime, and the stale smell of sweat rose in a thick vaporous cloud from her clothes.

双手积满了一层层厚重的污垢，衣服上散发的一阵阵强烈的汗酸臭味扑鼻而来。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。