verb
transitive verb:
to make stale
- Familiarity stales our admiration for great works of art.
对伟大艺术作品的熟悉会让我们的赞赏变得乏味。 - Constant repetition stales the humor of the joke.
不断重复会让这个笑话的幽默感变得索然无味。
adjective
something that is stale has been said or done too many times before and is no longer interesting or exciting 陈腐的；没有新意的；老掉牙的
stale jokes
老掉牙的笑话
Their marriage had gone stale.
他们的婚姻已了无热情。