sturdy

• adj. 坚定的；强健的；健全的
• n. 羊晕倒病
• n. (Sturdy)人名；(英)斯特迪

词源不详，可能最终来自 PIE*sta,站立，词源同 stand,store.引申词义结实的，坚固的。

1. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships;

"hardy explorers of northern Canada"

"proud of her tall stalwart son"

"stout seamen"

"sturdy young athletes"

2. substantially made or constructed;

"sturdy steel shelves"

"sturdy canvas"

"a tough all-weather fabric"

"some plastics are as tough as metal"

sturdy

sturdy: [13] Someone who is sturdy is etymologically ‘as drunk as a thrush’ – the ancient Roman equivalent to ‘pissed as a newt’. The word comes from Old French estourdi ‘stunned, dazed, violent’, the past participle of estourdir. This went back to a Vulgar Latin *exturdīre ‘be dazed like a drunken thrush’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ex- and Latin turdus ‘thrush’ (the use of the thrush as a symbol of drunkenness perhaps arose from observations of the birds staggering around after feasting on stolen fermenting wine grapes).

The metaphorical Old French sense ‘violent, reckless’ passed over into English, and by the 14th century had evolved into ‘strong, vigorous, robust’.

sturdy (adj.)

c. 1300, "hard to manage, reckless, violent," from Old French estordi (11c., Modern French étourdi) "violent," originally "dazed," past participle of estordiir "to daze, stun, stupefy," from Vulgar Latin *exturdire, which some presume to be from Latin intensive prefix ex- + turdus "thrush." Barnhart suggests the notion is of thrushes eating grape remnants at wineries and behaving as if drunk (Italian tordo "thrush" also means "simpleton," and French has the expression soûl comme une grive "drunk as a thrush"). OED, however, regards all this as "open to grave objection." Century Dictionary compares Latin torpidus "dull."

Sense of "solidly built, strong and hardy" first recorded late 14c. Related: Sturdily; sturdiness. Sturdy-boots "obstinate person" is from 1762; a sturdy beggar in old language was one capable of work (c. 1400).

healthy, sound, robust, well, strong, vigorous, sturdy, tough, wholesome, fit

这些形容词均含"健康的，强健的"之意。

healthy： 指身体无病，也可指身心健全、正常的。

sound： 侧重身体各部分或器官没有病，无任何缺陷，即健康。

robust： 强调身体强健。

well： 仅指没有疾病，但不一定很健康。

strong： 既指体格健壮，又指体力或精神上的力量。

vigorous： 指人强健有力，精力充沛。

sturdy： 侧重于结实的体格。

tough： 着重指人的体格健壮。

wholesome： 多指能给人留下身体健康、思想健全或品德良好等印象。

fit： 既可指健壮又可指健全无病。

The decline started in the 1950s, when manufacturing generated a sturdy 28% of the national income, or gross domestic product, and employed one-third of the workforce.

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a sturdy pair of boots

一双结实的靴子

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a sturdy table

结实的桌子

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a man of sturdy build

体格健壮的男人

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sturdy legs

强壮有力的腿

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a sturdy breed of cattle

一种身体强壮的牛

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The village has always maintained a sturdy independence.

这个村子始终顽强地保持着独立。

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The boat was sturdily made.

这艘船造得结实。

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a sturdily built young man

体格健壮的年轻男子

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a sturdily independent community

顽强地保持独立的社区

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She was a short, sturdy woman in her early sixties...

她是个 60 岁出头、身材矮小结实的女人。

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The camera was mounted on a sturdy tripod.

相机固定在一个坚固的三脚架上。

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We need several sturdy men to push this car.

我们需要几个壮汉推这辆车.

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One obvious risk to a sturdy recovery is the looming effect of tighter fiscal policy.

一个关于迫在眉睫的紧缩的财政政策的明显风险正在慢慢恢复健全.

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He is a sturdy boy. He hardly ever gets ill.

这孩子皮实,轻易不闹病.

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These sturdy stone benches hopefully will never go or change.

希望这些坚硬的长石椅永远不会消失或改变.

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The chair isn't very sturdy. Don't move backwards and forwards when you are on it.

这椅子不结实, 别在上面前俯后仰地乱动.

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Tall and thin, slender build. Long legs. He is sturdy but he's not a muscleman.

高瘦 、 修长身形、长腿. 他算结实,但不是肌肉男.

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He put up a sturdy fight to the end.

他坚持斗争到最后.

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Because is the sports specialty, one all tall and sturdy, is very conspicuous in the crowd.

由于是体育专业, 一个个人高马大, 在人群中十分显眼.

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A similar sturdy fabric made on a power loom.

手工纺织呢''.'纺织机'. ''织出的结实的织物.

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Sturdy grass withstands high wind ; true gold stands the test of fire.

疾风知劲草,烈火见真金.

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Blackish purple , Rose _ shaped; large lateral flowers, flat round buds, erect stems, sturdy.

乌紫红色, 蔷薇型.花蕾扁圆, 花朵硕大.着花量高,花朵侧开.株型直立. 生长势较强.

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We must make sure that our lodge by the riverbank is sturdy and strong.

我们一定要在河堤上建的房屋(巢穴)牢固和结实.

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A fiery steed is not trained in a courtyard, nor does a pine grow sturdy in a greenhouse.

院子里练不出千里马, 温室里长不出万年松.

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Modem design, beautiful external form, novel type, sturdy and durable.

现代化设计, 外形美观, 款式新颖, 坚固耐用.

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