stale
n. 尿 a. 不新鲜的, 陈腐的, 疲惫的, 陈旧的 vt. 使变旧, 走味 vi. 变陈旧, 走味, 失时效, 撒尿
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1.
Something stale; a loaf of bread or the like that is no longer fresh.
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1.
A long, thin handle (of rakes, axes, etc.)
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2.
One of the posts or uprights of a ladder.
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3.
One of the rungs on a ladder.
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4.
The stem of a plant.
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5.
The shaft of an arrow, spear, etc.
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1.
A fixed position, particularly a soldier's in a battle-line.
废旧 政治 军事 -
2.
A stalemate; a stalemated game.
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3.
An ambush.
废旧 政治 军事 -
4.
A band of armed men or hunters.
废旧The Lard of Drunlanrig lying al thys while in ambush...forbare to breake out to gyue anye charge vppon his enimies, doubting least the Earle of Lennox hadde kept a stale behynde.
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5.
The main force of an army.
苏格兰 废旧 政治 军事 -
1.
Urine, especially used of horses and cattle.
废旧 不可数 -
1.
Any lure, particularly in reference to people used as live bait.
废旧She ran in all the hast Vnbrased and vnlast... It was a stale to take the deuyll in a brake.
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2.
An accomplice of a thief or criminal acting as bait.
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3.
A patsy, a pawn, someone used under some false pretext to forward another's (usu. sinister) designs; a stalking horse.
废旧That of the two nominated, one should be an unfit Man, and as it were a Stale, to bring the Office to the other.
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4.
A prostitute of the lowest sort; any wanton woman.
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5.
Any decoy, either stuffed or manufactured.
废旧 体育 -
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A live bird to lure birds of prey or others of its kind into a trap.
废旧 体育 -
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a partner whose beloved abandons or torments him in favor of another.
废旧
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1.
To make stale; to age in order to clear and strengthen (a drink, especially beer).
废旧 及物 -
2.
To make stale; to cause to go out of fashion or currency; to diminish the novelty or interest of, particularly by excessive exposure or consumption.
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3.
To become stale; to grow odious from excessive exposure or consumption.
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To become stale; to grow unpleasant from age.
不及物 -
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To make a ladder by joining rungs ("stales") between the posts.
废旧 及物 -
1.
To stalemate.
及物 游戏He shall stale þe black kyng in the pointe þer the crosse standith.
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2.
To be stalemated.
不及物 废旧 游戏 -
1.
To urinate, especially used of horses and cattle.
不及物 废旧Gif ony stal in the yet of the gilde...he sall gif iiijd. to the mendis.
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1.
To serve as a decoy, to lure.
废旧 罕用 及物
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1.
Clear, free of dregs and lees; old and strong.
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No longer fresh, in reference to food, urine, straw, wounds, etc.
Near-synonyms: gone bad, spoiled; see also Thesaurus:rotten
New freshe blood to ouersprinkle their stale mete that it may seme...newly kylled.
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3.
No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.
Doist thou smyle to reade this stale and beggarlye stuffe.
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4.
No longer nubile or suitable for marriage, in reference to people; past one's prime.
废旧Near-synonyms: over the hill; see also Thesaurus:elderly
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5.
Not new or recent; having been in place or in effect for some time.
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6.
Fallow, in reference to land.
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Unreasonably long in coming, in reference to claims and actions.
法律a stale affidavit
a stale demand
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8.
Worn out, particularly due to age or over-exertion, in reference to athletes and animals in competition.
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Out of date, unpaid for an unreasonable amount of time, particularly in reference to checks.
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Of data: out of date; not synchronized with the newest copy.
计算机 工程 数学The bug was found to be caused by stale data in the cache.
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1.
At a standstill; stalemated.
废旧 游戏Then drawith he & is stale.
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From Middle English stale, from Old French estal (“fixed position, place”), but probably originally from Proto-Germanic *stāną (“to stand”): compare West Flemish stel in the same sense for ‘beer’ and ‘urine’.
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