stale

• It was the ancient attraction of the fresh for the stale .
  这是一种永远诱人的厌旧怜新之感。
• Running water never gets stale .
  流水不腐。
• His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat .
  他父亲把一袋袋发霉的黑面包倒进大桶里。
• Ray was so hungry that he enjoyed every morsel of the stale bread .
  瑞因太饥饿了，所以津津有味地吃每一口干硬的面包。
• As they don't die till the sun goes down they can't be very stale meat .
  落太阳以前它们还没死，所以它们的肉还不会很陈。
• The air had been stale and oppressive; now fresh winds were blowing .
  曾经是混浊不堪和令人窒息的空气，此时吹来阵阵清风。
• The air was heavy with the smell of stale grease paint, ointments, sachet .
  空气里带着浓浓的走了味的油彩、油膏和香囊的气味。
• The stale literary phrase showed that the man had been educated at a mission school .
  从这句陈腐的比喻可以知道，这个人曾在教会学校念过书。
• Heavens, how stale and distasteful his former pursuits and friendships appeared to him !
  天哪，他从前那些消遣和友谊，现在看来，真是味同嚼蜡，毫不足道！
• The thin frigid air swept cigarette smoke and stale machine smells from the heated cockpit .
  稀薄而凛到的空气把燠热的座舱里的香烟烟雾和隔宿的机油气味吹掉了。