stately的词源

英文词源

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.

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。

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