C1 no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long(通常指因久放)不新鲜的,走味的
not fresh and new; boring because too familiar过时的,老套的,没有新意的
used to describe someone who has lost interest in what they are doing because of being bored or working too hard(对所做之事)厌倦的,腻烦的
More examples
A foul smell of stale beer permeated the whole building.
The room was filled with the reek of stale beer and cigarettes.
Have you got any stale cheese that I can bait the mousetrap with?
In the cathedral vaults the air was dank and stale.
Her breath was a little stale.
adjective
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