喜樂美語

核心畫面

You come through a doorway and stop. In front of you is something big and rich enough to hold you there — a hall with a painted ceiling, a valley opening out below, a palace with gold on the doors. The word is for that kind of beauty: not small and pretty, but wide, heavy and impressive, the kind you look up at.

可以想成你穿過一道門，然後停住腳步。眼前的東西大到、華麗到把你留在原地——一座畫著天花板的大廳、一片展開的山谷、一扇…更多收起可以想成你穿過一道門，然後停住腳步。眼前的東西大到、華麗到把你留在原地——一座畫著天花板的大廳、一片展開的山谷、一扇扇鑲金的宮門。splendour 講的就是這種美：不是小巧可愛的那一種，而是又大又厚、讓人抬頭去看的那一種。加了 s 之後，這幅畫面就被拆開，變成裡面一件一件可以指出來的東西。

One branch

壯麗，以及壯麗的一項項景物

兩個意思共用同一幅畫面，差別只在單複數：一個指那種美本身，一個指擁有那種美的東西。

noun · C2

Beauty that is large, rich and impressive enough to make people stop and look — usually the beauty of a great building, a palace, a wide landscape or a grand occasion. It is uncountable, so it takes no a.

壯麗；華美

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。

splendournoun/ˈsplɛndɚ/

  • 1

    British, Canadian, Ireland, South Africa, Australian, and New Zealand standard spelling of splendor.

    • If the kind of network we envisage is to be established, it would be unwise to begin any of its services hurriedly with older stock, which, however admirable in its day, now has an air of faded Edwardian splendour that is out of joint with the times.

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。