"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.
雙語例句
1. Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.
他沒像平時那樣優(yōu)雅莊重地走著，而是幾乎跑了起來。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The building rose before him, tall and stately.
那座高大宏偉的建筑聳立在他面前。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a line of stately elms
一排雄偉壯觀的榆樹
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. an avenue of stately chestnut trees
兩邊有雄偉高大栗樹的林蔭道
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
5. The procession moved at a slow and stately speed.