stalwart

• adj. 堅定的；健壯的
• n. 堅定分子

拚寫變體形式自 stalworth,堅定的，堅決的，等同於 stall,固定位置，地方，worth,價值。

stalwart

stalwart: [14] The ancestor of stalwart was Old English stǣlwierthe. 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 stǣl ‘place’, perhaps used here in the metaphorical sense ‘stead’, so that etymologically the word would mean ‘able to stand someone in good stead’.

But stǣl 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 statholfæst 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 stælwierðe "good, serviceable," probably a contracted compound of staðol "base, foundation, support; stability, security" (from Proto-Germanic *stathlaz, from PIE root *sta- "to stand, set down, make or be firm;" see stet) + wierðe "good, excellent, worthy" (see worth). Another theory traces the first element of stælwierðe to Old English stæl "place," from Proto-Germanic *stælaz.

1. Let me introduce Bob, one of the club's stalwart.

讓我來介紹鮑伯, 俱樂部的忠實擁護者.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. He had a stalwart figure and walked with an air.

他身材魁梧,走起路來很有氣派.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Stalwart policemen stood guard outside.

強壯的警察在外麵警戒.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. I knew I was never in any danger with my stalwart bodyguard around me.

我知道有強壯的保鏢在我的周圍，我永遠不會有什麽危險。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Moving to Germany, he became a stalwart of the revered Kurt Edelhagen Orchestra.

搬到德國後，他成了著名的庫爾特·埃德爾哈根管弦樂隊的一名忠實聽眾。

來自柯林斯例句