"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.
实用例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The building rose before him, tall and stately.
那座高大宏伟的建筑耸立在他面前。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a line of stately elms
一排雄伟壮观的榆树
来自《权威词典》
4. an avenue of stately chestnut trees
两边有雄伟高大栗树的林荫道
来自《权威词典》
5. The procession moved at a slow and stately speed.
