中文词源
stately 庄严的，宏大的，壮观的
state,国家，-ly,形容词后缀。比喻用法。
英语词源
- stately (adj.)
- "noble, splendid," late 14c., from -ly (1) + state (n.1) in a sense of "costly and imposing display" (such as benefits a person of rank and wealth), attested from early 14c. This sense also is preserved in the phrase to lie in state "to be ceremoniously exposed to view before interment" (1705). Hence also stateroom. Related: Stateliness.
权威例句
- 1. Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.
- 他没像平时那样优雅庄重地走着，而是几乎跑了起来。
- 2. The building rose before him, tall and stately.
- 那座高大宏伟的建筑耸立在他面前。
- 3. a line of stately elms
- 一排雄伟壮观的榆树
- 4. an avenue of stately chestnut trees
- 两边有雄伟高大栗树的林荫道
- 5. The procession moved at a slow and stately speed.
- 队伍以缓缓而庄严的速度行进.