stalwart
英 ['st??lw?t; 'st?l-]
美['st?lw?t]
- adj. 堅(jiān)定的；健壯的
- n. 堅(jiān)定分子
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?stalwarts;
助記提示
1. stal- "foundation, support" (from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm") + -wart "good, excellent, worthy" (see worth).
2. stalworth [古語(yǔ)] => stalwart.
3. staddle + worth => stalwart.
4. stalwart (“capable of standing in good stead, serviceable”), from stal- (“fixed position, station”) + -worth(“-able”).
5. 堅(jiān)盾( Stalwart Shield ).
2. stalworth [古語(yǔ)] => stalwart.
3. staddle + worth => stalwart.
4. stalwart (“capable of standing in good stead, serviceable”), from stal- (“fixed position, station”) + -worth(“-able”).
5. 堅(jiān)盾( Stalwart Shield ).
中文詞源
stalwart 堅(jiān)定的，忠實(shí)的
拼寫變體形式自 stalworth,堅(jiān)定的，堅(jiān)決的，等同于 stall,固定位置，地方，worth,價(jià)值。
英文詞源
- stalwart
- stalwart: [14] The ancestor of stalwart was Old English st?lwierthe. The second half of this compound adjective denoted ‘worth, worthy’, but the precise significance of the first element is not clear. It represents Old English st?l ‘place’, perhaps used here in the metaphorical sense ‘stead’, so that etymologically the word would mean ‘a(chǎn)ble to stand someone in good stead’.
But st?l itself may have been a contraction of stathol ‘foundation’, so the underlying meaning of the compound could be ‘foundation-worthy’, hence ‘firmly fixed’ (an adjective statholf?st existed in Old English, meaning ‘firm, stable’). South of the border it became stalworth, which had virtually died out by the end of the 17th century. But the Scottish variant stalwart, first recorded in the late 14th century, survived, and was brought into the general language by Sir Walter Scott. - stalwart (adj.)
- late 14c., "resolute, determined," Scottish variant of stalworth, from Old English st?lwieree "good, serviceable," probably a contracted compound of staeol "base, foundation, support; stability, security" (from Proto-Germanic *stathlaz, from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm;" see stet) + wieree "good, excellent, worthy" (see worth). Another theory traces the first element of st?lwieree to Old English st?l "place," from Proto-Germanic *st?laz.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Let me introduce Bob, one of the club's stalwart.
- 讓我來(lái)介紹鮑伯, 俱樂(lè)部的忠實(shí)擁護(hù)者.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. He had a stalwart figure and walked with an air.
- 他身材魁梧,走起路來(lái)很有氣派.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Stalwart policemen stood guard outside.
- 強(qiáng)壯的警察在外面警戒.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. I knew I was never in any danger with my stalwart bodyguard around me.
- 我知道有強(qiáng)壯的保鏢在我的周圍，我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)有什么危險(xiǎn)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Moving to Germany, he became a stalwart of the revered Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra.
- 搬到德國(guó)后，他成了著名的庫(kù)爾特·埃德爾哈根管弦樂(lè)隊(duì)的一名忠實(shí)聽眾。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句