- 1① 身材、身高(較正式) ② 地位、聲望、重要性
Stature has two everyday meanings. First, it can simply mean how tall someone is — their height ('a man of small stature'). This use is a little formal; in daily talk people usually just say 'tall' or 'short'. Second, and more common in news or serious writing, stature means how much respect, importance, or reputation a person has because of what they have done ('a scientist of international stature'). This second meaning has nothing to do with height at all — a person can be short but have huge stature in their field.
From the word’s history
From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.
經古法文來自拉丁文 statūra。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
staturenoun/ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/
- 1
A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.
- 2
Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.
- Mount's cool finish from Kane's pass after Raheem Sterling intercepted Berat Djimsiti's pass was another illustration of his growing stature and Chelsea's rising star must surely be a certain starter when England open their Euro 2020 finals campaign against Croatia at Wembley on 13 June.
- 3
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- The golden ſtature of their feathered bird That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals, Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.
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