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单词 staid
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staid

adjective
/steɪd/
/steɪd/
  1. 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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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.他是一个稳重的人,主要写有关地方政府事务的文章。
    • His pictures brought life and fun into the staid, pre-war world of fashion photography.他的照片为战前古板的时尚摄影世界带来了生机和乐趣。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • look
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    phrases
    • the staid world of…
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: archaic past participle of the verbstay.
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