staid

adjective

/steɪd/

词汇	staid
释义	staid adjective /steɪd/ /steɪd/ not fun or interesting; boring and old-fashioned没意思的；古板的；一本正经的 The museum is trying to get rid of its staid image.这家博物馆正努力摆脱古板的形象。 He had grown staid and dull.他变得既古板又无趣。 The locals were a very staid lot.当地居民非常保守。 a rather staid and old-fashioned hotel相当保守传统的旅馆 the normally staid image of chess国际象棋通常的古板形象 the staid world of business古板守旧的生意圈 He was a staid sort of man who mostly wrote about local government matters.他是一个古板的人，主要写地方政府事务。 His pictures brought life and fun into the staid, pre-war world of fashion photography.他的照片给古板的战前时尚摄影世界带来了生活和乐趣。 Topics Feelingsc2 Collocations Dictionaryverbs be feel look … adverb extremely fairly very … phrases the staid world of… 词源mid 16th cent.: archaic past participle of the verbstay.
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