staid

英 [steɪd]

美 [steɪd]

adj. 没意思的; 古板的; 一本正经的

比较级：staider　

GRE TEM8

BNC.19440 / COCA.18779

牛津词典

adj.

没意思的；古板的；一本正经的
not amusing or interesting; boring and old-fashioned

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 严肃的;无聊的;古板的
If you say that someone or something isstaid, you mean that they are serious, dull, and rather old-fashioned.
1. ...a staid seaside resort.
  了无生气的海滨度假胜地

英英释义

adj

characterized by dignity and propriety
Synonym:sedate

双语例句

And staid financial advisers are now attending gold conferences whooping with joy, as I discovered.
稳重的理财顾问们如今出现在各种黄金会议上我发现，他们呼喊是出于喜悦。
Had I received any letter from Mansfield, to tell me how you were all going on, I believe I should certainly have staid;
我要是能收到一封曼斯菲尔德的来信，告诉我你们的情况，我想我肯定会待下去。
Look at UK fashion company Burberry. Not long ago it was a relatively staid UK brand.
诸位看看英国时尚公司巴宝莉（Burberry），不久之前，它还是相当保守的英国品牌。
SIR WILLIAM staid only a week at Hunsford; but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter's being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met with.
威廉爵士在汉斯福只待了一个星期，可是经过了这一次短短的拜访，他大可以为了：女儿嫁得极其称心如意，而且有了这样不可多得的丈夫和难能可贵的邻居。
Miss Taylor, if you had not married, you would have staid at home with me.
泰勒小姐，你要是还没结婚的话，就可以待在家里陪伴我啦。
Nest transformed the previously staid market for home thermostats by creating a model that leverages software connected to the Internet.
Nest创造的一款设备利用了接入互联网的软件，进而转变了过去古板的家用恒温器市场。
He has a steady job, a house in a respectable neighbourhood and leads a very staid life.
他有份稳定的工作，在富人区有幢房子并过着一成不变的生活。
Davis in the staid office was conspicuous by his eccentricities.
在那间气氛庄重的办公室里，戴维斯因其种种怪癖而分外显眼。
Their strategy of development finance emphasizes the important role of entrepreneurship and markets over a staid aid-system of development that preaches hand-outs.
它们的经济发展战略强调企业和市场的重要地位，而不是僵化的发展援助系统，只会不断索取。
For a young Moroccan couple, getting married is no staid affair.
对年轻的摩洛哥情侣而言，结婚并不会是件乏味的事。