staleの意味・使い方・発音

stale

英 [steɪl] 美 [stel]

古臭い陳腐な、不潔な。

古フランス語のestal（預ける、定位置に固定する）に由来する可能性があり、原語ゲルマン語*stallaz（置く、定位置に固定する）に由来する。

stale: stale: [13] Something that is stale has etymologically been allowed to ‘stand’ – so that it is no longer fresh. The word comes from Old French estale ‘stationary’, a derivative of estaler ‘halt’ (from which English gets the verb stall). And this in turn goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *sta- ‘stand’. Stale originally denoted wine, beer, etc that had ‘stood’ long enough for the sediment to clear (‘If mead is well sod [boiled] and stale it is liking to the taste’, John de Trevisa, De proprietatibus rerum 1398), and it was not until the early 16th century that derogatory connotations of lack of freshness began to creep in.
=> stall, stand
stale (adj.): early 13c., "freed from dregs or lees" (of ale, wine, etc.), probably literally "having stood long enough to clear," ultimately from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet); probably via Old French estal "placed, fixed position," from Frankish *stal- "position" (see stall (n.1)). Cognate with Middle Dutch stel "stale" (of beer and old urine). Originally a desirable quality (in beer and wine); the meaning "not fresh" is first recorded late 15c. Figurative sense (of immaterial things) "old and trite, hackneyed" is recorded from 1560s. As a noun, "that which has become tasteless by exposure," hence "a prostitute" (in Shakespeare, etc.). Related: Staleness.
stale (v.): mid-15c., from stale (adj.). Related: Staled; staling.

1. He was aware of the stink of stale beer on his breath.: 彼は自分の口の中に変味ビールのすえた味があることを知っている。

2.The Government,he said,were sticking to stale ideas.: 政府はまだ欠員を抱えていると言っています。

3.I believe in progression，in taking risks，in never getting stale .: 私は進取、冒険、そして永遠に怠らないことを尊んでいます。