FRESH/NOT FRESH1 food that is fresh2 not freshRELATED WORDSsee alsoDECAYSMELLFOODNEW1 food that is fresh 新鲜食物fresh /freʃ/ [adjective]fresh food has been produced or picked recently, and has not been frozen or put into cans 新鲜的 I go to the market twice a week to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. 我每周去市场两次购买新鲜水果和蔬菜。 Fresh fish is much more delicious than frozen. 鲜鱼比冷冻的鱼味道鲜美多了。 a dozen fresh eggs 一打新鲜的蛋keep something fresh Put the milk in the fridge to keep it fresh. 把牛奶放进冰箱以保鲜。freshly [adverb] freshly-baked bread 刚烤好出炉的面包2 not fresh 不新鲜的go off/go bad /ˌgəʊ ˈɒf, ˌgəʊ ˈbæd/ [intransitive phrasal verb]especially spokenif foodgoes off orgoes bad, it starts to decay because it has been kept for too long 【尤口】〔食物〕变质 Can you smell this milk and see if you think it's gone off? 你能闻一闻牛奶看看是否变质了吗？ I don't think we should eat that meat now - it's probably gone bad. 我觉得这肉现在不应该吃了，可能已经坏了。bad /bæd/ [adjective]especially Britishfood that isbad is not good to eat, because it has started to decay 【尤英】〔食物〕坏了 She must have eaten something bad because she was really sick in the night. 她肯定吃了什么变质的东西了，因为她夜里很不舒服。 Shall I just throw away these bad apples? 我把这些烂苹果扔了好吗？stale /steɪl/ [adjective]bread, cake etc that isstale is hard, dry, and unpleasant to eat 〔面包、蛋糕等〕不新鲜的，变坏的 This bread's stale - have we got another loaf? 这面包变味了，我们还有一条吗？ All we got was a cup of tea and a bit of stale cake. 我们所得的就是一杯茶和一点点不新鲜的蛋糕。go stale Put the biscuits back in the tin or they'll go stale. 把饼干放回罐子里，不然会不新鲜的。sour /saʊəʳ/ [adjective]milk, cream, wine etc that issour tastes bitter and smells unpleasant 〔牛奶、奶油、葡萄酒等〕变酸的，变质的 The wine was so sour that I couldn't drink it. 这酒酸得厉害，我喝不下去。go sour In these temperatures, milk goes sour very quickly. 在这种温度下牛奶很快就会变质。rotten /ˈrɒtnǁˈrɑːtn/ [adjective]fruit, vegetables, meat etc that isrotten is very badly decayed, has gone soft, smells unpleasant, and cannot be eaten 〔水果、蔬菜、肉等〕腐烂，变质 There were some cheap oranges in the market but most of them were rotten. 市场上有些便宜的橙子，但大多已腐烂了。 the unmistakable smell of rotten eggs 明显的臭鸡蛋味道