• adj. 莊嚴的；堂皇的，宏偉的

state,國家，-ly,形容詞后綴。比喻用法。

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.

1. Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.

他沒像平時那樣優雅莊重地走著，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《權威詞典》

5. The procession moved at a slow and stately speed.

隊伍以緩緩而莊嚴的速度行進.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》