I came home very hungry in the middle of the night and wanted to eat Midnight , I opened the refrigerator with great anticipation, but found that the food was moldy! Want to notify foreign roommates, but don't know what to say? Come and learn how to say "Food is broken" in English!
go bad
Food is "broken", the simplest way to say is go bad ( go bad spanstrong strong
Example: Originally, I wanted to make a cheese omelet for breakfast this morning, but then I found the eggs had gone bad _strong ate some cereal instead.
(I was thinking of an omelet for breakfast this morning, but the eggs were all broken, so I switched to cereal.)
turn sour
except go bad,If you want to say milk or soup " sour ", you can directly say turn sour.
cases:. Milk turns sour easily if you do not keep it in a refrigerator
(if you do not put milk In the refrigerator, it is easy to get sour.)
spoil
spoil is verb , the most common meaning is "destroy, destroy", can also mean " Food spoiled, spoiled ”, such as the food spoils or the food is spoilt .!
example: Emma, do not eat the soup I think it's spoilt ; it tastes weird
(Ai. Ma, don't drink that soup! I think the soup is spoiled and tastes weird.)
stale
stale yes adjective , referring to food It becomes " not fresh " or " stale " because of long-term storage. Foods such as bread and biscuits are sometimes not necessarily moldy.But after a long time, it will become soft and unpalatable, so you can say go stale.
Example: This bag of chips has gone stale Let's just throw it away
(this bag of potato chips has changed. It's not fresh, let's throw it away.)
moldy
mold (mould in English) is "mold", moldy is mold's adjective , which is " moldy ".
Example: Even if you cut away the moldy parts of the bread, eating it can still make you ill
(. Even if you cut off the moldy part of the bread,Eating bread like this could still make you sick. )
It's not the food that is moldy, but the musty smell?
Not only food, but also walls, clothes, plants, books, etc. are moldy and smelly. You can also use the moldy mentioned above, for example:
Eric, please take these moldy _strong23 pstrong clothes outside and give them an airing. _p560 span1 span1 Eric, take these moldy clothes out to dry and ventilate.)
The old hotel room was damp and smelled really moldy _span23strong 33 . I had to open all the windows to get some fresh air in.
(This old hotel room is damp,The musty smell was also strong and I had to open all the windows to let in the fresh air. )
mildewed
In addition to moldy, there is another adjective mildewed which also means mildew (the noun is mildew "mold"), usually used to describe items such as paper, plants, buildings or cloth because the environment is too humid , warm and moldy.
example: The gardener cut off some mildewed leaves from the rose bushes
(gardener trimmed the rose . Some musty leaves in the bushes.)
musty / fusty
Both musty and fusty can be used to describe things " musty ".
cases:. There are some musty old books in my father's study Nobody has read them in ages
(my father. There are some old musty books in my study,It's been a long time since anyone read these books. )
cases:. Your room smells a bit fusty Do you mind opening the window
(your room a little mildew? Taste, can you open a window?)
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