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Majestic describes something so big, fine, or beautiful that it makes you feel small in a good way — a mountain range, a great hall, a whale breaking the water.
Majestic雄偉的 describes形容的是 something so big, fine, or beautiful某個大到、美到 that it makes you feel small in a good way會讓你覺得自己很渺小,但是是一種舒服的渺小的東西——a mountain range像是一座山脈、a great hall一座宏偉的大廳、a whale breaking the water一頭破水而出的鯨魚。
It is a slightly formal, word; you would not use it for a cute café or a new phone. It comes from majesty, the greatness of a king or queen, but we now use it as much for nature and buildings as for people.
It它 is a slightly formal, admiring word是個稍微正式、帶著讚嘆語氣的字;you would not use it for但你不會用它形容 a cute café or a new phone一間可愛的咖啡廳或一支新手機。It它 comes from majesty來自 majesty「威嚴、王者的氣派」,but we now use it as much for nature and buildings as for people但現在我們用它形容大自然和建築物的頻率不輸形容人。
Though actually, if you call a person majestic you are saying they look or move like royalty, which can sound like high praise or a little too grand, depending on your tone. Save it for things that really do take your breath.
Though actually不過事實上,if you call a person majestic如果你說一個人 majestic,you are saying they look or move like royalty你是在說他們的樣子或舉止像王室成員一樣,which can sound like high praise or a little too grand這聽起來可能是很高的讚美,也可能顯得有點誇張,depending on your tone就看你的語氣。Save it save 這個字 for things that really do take your breath留給真的會讓你屏息的東西用。
組成From majesty + -ic (makes an adjective: having that quality). 1600s.
同家族的字
- majestythe noun this is built from: royal greatness, or a title for a king or queen
- majesticallythe adverb: in a majestic way
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
majesticadj/məˈd͡ʒɛstɪk/
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Having qualities of splendor or royalty.
- The gymnast performed a majestic vault.
- As the Indian languages are numerous, so do they greatly vary in their effect on the ear. We have the rapid Cóotoonay of the Rocky Mountains, and the stately Blackfoot of the plains, the slow embarrassed Flat-head of the mountains, the smooth-toned Pierced-nose, the guttural difficult Sússee and Chépewyán, the sing-song A'ssinneboigne, the deliberate Cree, and the sonorous majestic Chíppeway.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。