单词
stalwart
英 ['st??lw?t; 'st?l-]
美['st?lw?t]
基本信息
- adj. 坚定的；健壮的
- n. 坚定分子
TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇
词态变化
复数:?stalwarts;
助记提示
1. stal- "foundation, support" (from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm") + -wart "good, excellent, worthy" (see worth).
2. stalworth [古语] => stalwart.
3. staddle + worth => stalwart.
4. stalwart (“capable of standing in good stead, serviceable”), from stal- (“fixed position, station”) + -worth(“-able”).
5. 坚盾( Stalwart Shield ).
2. stalworth [古语] => stalwart.
3. staddle + worth => stalwart.
4. stalwart (“capable of standing in good stead, serviceable”), from stal- (“fixed position, station”) + -worth(“-able”).
5. 坚盾( Stalwart Shield ).
中文词源
stalwart 坚定的，忠实的
拼写变体形式自 stalworth,坚定的，坚决的，等同于 stall,固定位置，地方，worth,价值。
英文词源
- 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 ‘able 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.
双语例句
- 1. Let me introduce Bob, one of the club's stalwart.
- 让我来介绍鲍伯, 俱乐部的忠实拥护者.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He had a stalwart figure and walked with an air.
- 他身材魁梧,走起路来很有气派.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Stalwart policemen stood guard outside.
- 强壮的警察在外面警戒.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. I knew I was never in any danger with my stalwart bodyguard around me.
- 我知道有强壮的保镖在我的周围，我永远不会有什么危险。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Moving to Germany, he became a stalwart of the revered Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra.
- 搬到德国后，他成了著名的库尔特·埃德尔哈根管弦乐队的一名忠实听众。
来自柯林斯例句
stalwart相关单词