sturdy
英 ['st??d?]
美['st?di]
- adj. 堅定的；強(qiáng)健的；健全的
- n. 羊暈倒病
- n. (Sturdy)人名；(英)斯特迪
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詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?sturdier;最高級:?sturdiest;副詞:?sturdily;名詞:?sturdiness;
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身體強(qiáng)壯(sturdy)是學(xué)習(xí)（study）的本錢
中文詞源
sturdy 結(jié)實的，堅固的
詞源不詳，可能最終來自 PIE*sta,站立，詞源同 stand,store.引申詞義結(jié)實的，堅固的。
英文詞源
- sturdy
- sturdy: [13] Someone who is sturdy is etymologically ‘a(chǎn)s drunk as a thrush’ – the ancient Roman equivalent to ‘pissed as a newt’. The word comes from Old French estourdi ‘stunned, dazed, violent’, the past participle of estourdir. This went back to a Vulgar Latin *exturdīre ‘be dazed like a drunken thrush’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ex- and Latin turdus ‘thrush’ (the use of the thrush as a symbol of drunkenness perhaps arose from observations of the birds staggering around after feasting on stolen fermenting wine grapes).
The metaphorical Old French sense ‘violent, reckless’ passed over into English, and by the 14th century had evolved into ‘strong, vigorous, robust’. - sturdy (adj.)
- c. 1300, "hard to manage, reckless, violent," from Old French estordi (11c., Modern French étourdi) "violent," originally "dazed," past participle of estordiir "to daze, stun, stupefy," from Vulgar Latin *exturdire, which some presume to be from Latin intensive prefix ex- + turdus "thrush." Barnhart suggests the notion is of thrushes eating grape remnants at wineries and behaving as if drunk (Italian tordo "thrush" also means "simpleton," and French has the expression so?l comme une grive "drunk as a thrush"). OED, however, regards all this as "open to grave objection." Century Dictionary compares Latin torpidus "dull."
Sense of "solidly built, strong and hardy" first recorded late 14c. Related: Sturdily; sturdiness. Sturdy-boots "obstinate person" is from 1762; a sturdy beggar in old language was one capable of work (c. 1400).
雙語例句
- 1. Grease two sturdy baking sheets and heat the oven to 400 degrees.
- 在兩塊結(jié)實的烤板上抹些油，把烤爐加熱到400度。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties.
- 她是個60歲出頭、身材矮小結(jié)實的女人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. There was a sturdy plumpness about her hips.
- 她的臀部渾圓結(jié)實。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. a sturdy pair of boots
- 一雙結(jié)實的靴子
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. We need several sturdy men to push this car.
- 我們需要幾個壯漢推這輛車.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》