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stately adj.庄严的；堂皇的；高贵的adv.庄严地；堂皇地 (1) 庄严的大厦位于山顶。(2) 风琴奏出庄严的乐曲。(3) 盗贼洗劫了这所富丽堂皇的住宅。(4) 她的举动和姿势也很出色，显示一种高贵和端庄的魅力。(5) 她迅速而庄严地从暮色中离去。 There are a few meanings of stately, but they both refer to people and things that have an impressive bearing. The first meaning has to do with nobility and class. A ceremony honoring a prince is stately, and the music and dress surrounding such events are stately. Stately things convey sophistication and regality. Also, stately can mean statuesque. Someone with great posture and an impressive physique is stately, almost as if they were made by a sculptor.

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英 ['steɪtli] 美 ['steɪtli] (1) The stately mansion crested the hill.(2) The organ rolled out a stately melody.(3) Burglars ransacked the stately home.(4) Her gestures and movements were distinguished by a noble and stately grace.(5) Swift and stately she moved away through the dusk. To be stately is to appear noble and impressive, almost in a larger than life kind of way. You may encounter a stately gentleman or a stately statue. If you do, take a little bow. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]雄伟的；庄严的；高贵的；优雅的 Something or someone that is stately is impressive and graceful or dignified. 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。...a stately mansion.富丽堂皇的宅第

英语单词	stately
英美音标	英 ['steɪtli] 美 ['steɪtli]
中文释义	adj.庄严的；堂皇的；高贵的 adv.庄严地；堂皇地
英语例句	(1) The stately mansion crested the hill. (2) The organ rolled out a stately melody. (3) Burglars ransacked the stately home. (4) Her gestures and movements were distinguished by a noble and stately grace. (5) Swift and stately she moved away through the dusk.
中文例句	(1) 庄严的大厦位于山顶。 (2) 风琴奏出庄严的乐曲。 (3) 盗贼洗劫了这所富丽堂皇的住宅。 (4) 她的举动和姿势也很出色，显示一种高贵和端庄的魅力。 (5) 她迅速而庄严地从暮色中离去。
vocabulary简明	To be stately is to appear noble and impressive, almost in a larger than life kind of way. You may encounter a stately gentleman or a stately statue. If you do, take a little bow.
vocabulary扩展	There are a few meanings of stately, but they both refer to people and things that have an impressive bearing. The first meaning has to do with nobility and class. A ceremony honoring a prince is stately, and the music and dress surrounding such events are stately. Stately things convey sophistication and regality. Also, stately can mean statuesque. Someone with great posture and an impressive physique is stately, almost as if they were made by a sculptor.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]雄伟的；庄严的；高贵的；优雅的 Something or someone that is stately is impressive and graceful or dignified. 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。 ...a stately mansion. 富丽堂皇的宅第

Stately Impressive Noble Things 英 Steɪtli] 美 Steɪtli Adj.庄严的；堂皇的；高贵的