splendid
英 ['splendɪd]
美 ['splɛndɪd]
助記提示
1. splend- "shine" + -id (形容詞後綴) => splendid.
2. splend- "shine" => 專家“鑿壁借光” => (專家在艱苦的環境中學古人通過“鑿壁借光”來夜以繼日地繼續他的研究工作).
3. => 形容像光輝一樣輝煌、燦爛、傑出、優秀。
中文詞源
splendid 壯麗的,壯觀的來自 splendor,壯觀,壯麗,-id,形容詞後綴。
英文詞源
- splendid
- splendid: [17] Splendid comes via French splendide from Latin splendidus, a derivative of the verb splendēre ‘shine’. This went back ultimately to the Indo-European base *splēnd- or *plēnd- ‘bright’, which also produced Old Lithuanian splendeti ‘shine’ and Welsh llathru ‘polish’. Amongst the derivatives adopted by English are resplendent [15], splendiferous [15] (from splendiferus, a medieval alteration of late Latin splendōrifer, literally ‘bearing brightness’, hence ‘full of splendour’ – its modern use, as a jocular alternative to splendid, is a 19th-century American innovation), and splendour [15].
=> resplendent - splendid (adj.)
- 1620s, "marked by grandeur," probably a shortening of earlier splendidious (early 15c.), from Latin splendidus "bright, shining, glittering; sumptuous, gorgeous, grand; illustrious, distinguished, noble; showy, fine, specious," from splendere "be bright, shine, gleam, glisten," from PIE *splend- "to shine, glow" (cognates: Lithuanian splendziu "I shine," Middle Irish lainn "bright"). An earlier form was splendent (late 15c.). From 1640s as "brilliant, dazzling;" 1640s as "conspicuous, illustrious; very fine, excellent." Ironic use (as in splendid isolation, 1843) is attested from 17c.
雙語例句
- 1. The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.
- 從這座房子可以俯瞰到特拉華灣壯麗的景致。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Our house has got a splendid view across to the Cotswolds.
- 從我們的房子裏向外望去,景色宜人,一直能看到科茨沃爾德丘陵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.
- 她由穿著華麗製服、頭戴撲粉假發的仆人們伺候著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Cherbourg had a splendid harbour enclosed by a long sea wall.
- 瑟堡有一個由綿延海堤環繞的美輪美奐的港口。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The lower strings contribute a splendid richness of sonority.
- 下弦能夠產生雄壯渾厚的音響效果。
來自柯林斯例句