stately

adj.

1. 宏大的；壮观的；气宇不凡的；仪态高贵的
   impressive in size, appearance or manner
   1. an avenue of stately chestnut trees
      两边有雄伟高大栗树的林荫道
   2. a tall, stately woman
      仪态高贵的高个子女人
2. 缓慢庄严的；优雅从容的
   slow, formal and elegant
   1. a stately dance
      缓慢优雅的舞蹈
   2. The procession made its stately progress through the streets of the city.
      游行的队伍缓慢而庄严地穿过城市的街道。

1. ADJ-GRADED 雄伟的;庄严的;高贵的;优雅的
   Something or someone that is stately is impressive and graceful or dignified.
   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。
   2. ...a stately mansion.
      富丽堂皇的宅第

1. The building rose before him, tall and stately
   那座高大宏伟的建筑耸立在他面前。
2. 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。
3. He declined the invitation with stately grace.
   他庄严而文雅地谢绝了邀请。
4. He and his wife of 62 years, Betty, do keep a stately home in Silicon Valley.
   他与妻子，现年62岁的贝蒂，在硅谷还有一栋豪宅。
5. The garden is best to be square, encompassed on all the four sides with a stately arched hedge.
   花园底主要部分最好是正方的，四面用堂皇的带拱门的篱垣围绕。
6. The Doctor's walk was stately, and calculated to impress the juvenile mind with solemn feelings.
   博士的步伐庄严，有意使那颗幼稚的心灵留下严肃的感觉。
7. This hotel is something like the giant cod on the accommodation reef-impressive in its age and emanating stately grace.
   这个酒店如同在在礁石上休憩的巨型鳕鱼，散发着古朴而庄严的优雅气息，令人叹为观止。
8. Just outside the ruins is a castle surrounded by high walls and stately trees.
   就在废墟外面，是一座高围墙的四周全是珍贵树木的城堡。
9. It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet.
   那是间富丽堂皇的大屋子，有紫色的椅子和帷幔，一条土耳其地毯。
10. A stately Protestant ( especially Lutheran) hymn tune.
    新教（尤其是路德教）的一种庄严的颂歌曲调。
11. A stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite.
    为米奴哀小步舞谱写的一种庄严的舞曲；常常与奏鸣曲或组曲合在一起。
12. Samsara's suffering and ultimate consummation is the most beautiful stately.
    轮回的磨难与最终的圆满是最华美的仪态万方。
13. The stately gloom of official mourning was relieved by an undercurrent of suspense.
    正式葬礼的悲哀由于一种潜在的不安所减轻了。
14. Whenever the stately national anthem is performed, I am invariably emotionally roused.
    每当奏起庄严的国歌时，我总在感情上受到激发。
15. He always walked with a stately bearing.
    他经常带着威严的神态走路。
16. [ Sir Thomas] I More was a man of stately and handsome presence ( Horace Walpole).
    〔托马斯爵士〕I莫尔是个威严、庄重、英俊的人（霍拉斯沃波尔）。
17. The dining room in the castle was grand and stately.
    城堡里的餐厅辉煌而庄严。
18. Ballet began as a grand, stately entertainment in the curts of early Renaissance Italy.
    芭蕾舞起源于意大利在文艺复兴初期的宫廷中，是一种豪华、高贵的娱乐。
19. She was a tall, blond woman, slender, and stately, and beautiful.
    她是一位颀长的金发妇人，长得苗条，美丽、雍容华贵。
20. "You!" said the stately warrior, scanning the small form of the poet with ineffable disdain.
    “你！”威严的军人说，他用不可言喻的轻蔑眼光向小个子的诗人扫了一眼。
21. Slowly and solemnly he was borne into the house. walks with regular or stately step.
    他被缓慢而庄严地抬进屋里。有规律或庄严地整齐行走的人。
22. Susan took the extreme corner of a chair, with a stately and ceremonious aspect.
    苏珊庄严地、十分讲究礼节地在一张椅子中的一个极小的角落里坐下。
23. The Handover was a solemn, stately and emotional moment for all of those present.
    这是一个崇高和庄严的时刻，在场所有人都心潮澎湃。
24. Priceless antique furniture was destroyed in the fire at the stately home.
    那座富丽堂皇的宅第里价值连城的古董家具在大火中付之一炬了。
25. Debussy's musical presence can be felt in the Stately pavanes of Faur é and Ravel.
    德彪西的音乐表现在福莱和拉威尔庄严的孔雀舞曲当中也可见一斑。
26. Happening or existing after the millennium. Say that one is a thousand-year-old redwood, a great stately tree.
    千禧年后的千禧年后发生的，或千禧年后存在的比如说一棵是千年的杉树，庄严高大。
27. We visited a stately home and the guide showed us nearly everything except one room, which he said was the owner's holy of holies.
    我们去参观了一家豪门住宅，导游带我们参观了除一个房间以外的一切，他说那个房间是主人最神圣的地方。
28. A slow, stately court dance of the16th and17th centuries.
    帕凡舞16世纪和17世纪的一种缓慢而庄严的宫廷舞。
29. I desired to be tall, stately, and finely developed in figure.
    我希望自己长得高，庄严，身材丰满。

adj

1. refined or imposing in manner or appearance
   1. a courtly gentleman

   Synonym:    courtlyformal

2. impressive in appearance
   1. a baronial mansion
   2. an imposing residence
   3. a noble tree
   4. severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses
   5. stately columns

   Synonym:    baronialimposingnoble

3. of size and dignity suggestive of a statue

   Synonym:    statuesque