stale
adjective uk/steɪl/ us/steɪl/
C1 （通常指因久放）不新鲜的，走味的
no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for too long
The bread/biscuits/cake had gone stale. 面包／饼干／蛋糕已经不新鲜了。
The morning after the party, their apartment smelled of stale cigarette smoke. 聚会后的次日早上，他们的公寓里有一股污浊的烟味儿。
过时的，老套的，没有新意的
not fresh and new; boring because too familiar
stale jokes/news 老掉牙的笑话／过时的新闻
（对所做之事）厌倦的，腻烦的
used to describe someone who has lost interest in what they are doing because of being bored or working too hard
They had been working together for over five years and they had both become a little stale. 他们两个已经在一起共事5年多了，彼此都有一点儿厌倦。
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- 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.