stately

英 [ˈsteɪtli]

美 [ˈsteɪtli]

adj.  宏大的; 壮观的; 气宇不凡的; 仪态高贵的; 缓慢庄严的; 优雅从容的

比较级：statelier　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9774 / COCA.11435

牛津词典

adj.

• 宏大的；壮观的；气宇不凡的；仪态高贵的
  impressive in size, appearance or manner
  1. an avenue of stately chestnut trees
     两边有雄伟高大栗树的林荫道
  2. a tall, stately woman
     仪态高贵的高个子女人
• 缓慢庄严的；优雅从容的
  slow, formal and elegant
  1. a stately dance
     缓慢优雅的舞蹈
  2. The procession made its stately progress through the streets of the city.
     游行的队伍缓慢而庄严地穿过城市的街道。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 雄伟的;庄严的;高贵的;优雅的
  Something or someone that isstatelyis impressive and graceful or dignified.
  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. ...a stately mansion.
     富丽堂皇的宅第

英英释义

adj

• refined or imposing in manner or appearance
  1. a courtly gentleman
  Synonym:courtlyformal
• impressive in appearance
  1. a baronial mansion
  2. an imposing residence
  3. a noble tree
  4. severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
  5. stately columns
  Synonym:baronialimposingnoble
• of size and dignity suggestive of a statue
  Synonym:statuesque

双语例句

• A stately Protestant ( especially Lutheran) hymn tune.
  新教（尤其是路德教）的一种庄严的颂歌曲调。
• The building rose before him, tall and stately
  那座高大宏伟的建筑耸立在他面前。
• Happening or existing after the millennium. Say that one is a thousand-year-old redwood, a great stately tree.
  千禧年后的千禧年后发生的，或千禧年后存在的比如说一棵是千年的杉树，庄严高大。
• The garden is best to be square, encompassed on all the four sides with a stately arched hedge.
  花园底主要部分最好是正方的，四面用堂皇的带拱门的篱垣围绕。
• It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet.
  那是间富丽堂皇的大屋子，有紫色的椅子和帷幔，一条土耳其地毯。
• "You!" said the stately warrior, scanning the small form of the poet with ineffable disdain.
  “你！”威严的军人说，他用不可言喻的轻蔑眼光向小个子的诗人扫了一眼。
• A slow, stately court dance of the16th and17th centuries.
  帕凡舞16世纪和17世纪的一种缓慢而庄严的宫廷舞。
• Debussy's musical presence can be felt in the Stately pavanes of Faur é and Ravel.
  德彪西的音乐表现在福莱和拉威尔庄严的孔雀舞曲当中也可见一斑。
• Whenever the stately national anthem is performed, I am invariably emotionally roused.
  每当奏起庄严的国歌时，我总在感情上受到激发。
• Samsara's suffering and ultimate consummation is the most beautiful stately.
  轮回的磨难与最终的圆满是最华美的仪态万方。