- 1（女子）身材高挑健美、儀態端莊如雕像
Tall, well-shaped and impressive to look at — like a statue. It is almost always used about a woman's body and the way she stands or moves, and it carries the idea of height and calm dignity, not just beauty.
Tall, well-shaped and impressive to look at高挑、體態勻稱，看起來令人印象深刻 like a statue就像一座雕像 It is almost always used about a woman's body and the way she stands or moves這個字幾乎都是用來形容女性的身材和她站立或移動的樣子 and it carries the idea of height and calm dignity而且帶有高挑和沉靜端莊的感覺 not just beauty不只是漂亮而已
A statuesque woman is someone people notice when she walks into a room. It is a compliment, but a slightly formal, writerly one; you meet it in novels, fashion writing and film reviews far more often than in daily speech.
A statuesque woman is someone people notice when she walks into a room一個statuesque的女性走進房間時會讓人注意到她 It is a compliment這是一種讚美 but a slightly formal, writerly one不過是有點正式、比較文學性的讚美 you meet it in novels, fashion writing and film reviews far more often than in daily speech你會在小說、時尚寫作，和影評裡看到它的機率，遠比在日常對話裡高得多
It can also be used about a building, a tree, or a person standing very still, when you want to say something looks grand and unmoving. Be a little careful with that second flavour: because statues do not move, calling someone statuesque can hint at — beautiful but not warm — depending on the sentence around it.
It can also be used about a building, a tree, or a person standing very still這個字也可以用來形容建築物、樹木，或站得非常靜止的人 when you want to say something looks grand and unmoving當你想說某個東西看起來雄偉又靜止不動的時候 Be a little careful with that second flavour要小心這第二種用法 because statues do not move因為雕像不會動 calling someone statuesque can hint at coldness說一個人statuesque可能暗示著冷淡 beautiful but not warm美麗但不溫暖 depending on the sentence around it這要看前後句子而定
core核心畫面
組成statue + -esque. The ending -esque comes through French from Italian -esco, and means "in the style of, like" — so, in the style of a statue.
同家族的字
- picturesquesame -esque ending — like a picture
- grotesquesame -esque ending, borrowed through French
- statuethe word this is built on
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。
statuesqueadj/statjʊˈɛsk/
- 1
Resembling or characteristic of a statue.
- He was by no means a bad hero to look at, if such a thing were needed. His face was pale, melancholy, statuesque—and his large enthusiastic eyes, suggested a story and a secret—perhaps a horror.
- We went out by his gate into the road, and there we made a minute examination of the statuesque passing traffic. The tops of the wheels and some of the legs of the horses of this char-a-banc, the end of the whip-lash and the lower jaw of the conductor — who was just beginning to yawn — were perceptibly in motion, but all the rest of the lumbering conveyance seemed still.
- 2
Immobile; motionless.
- Both Cripps and Limpet were struck statuesque with a sudden apprehension of what was happening in Cripps's room, and Cripps, with a professional knowledge of the gloomy nature of Uncle Tinfish's eye, could feel it taking in the situation, including the conscientious nude, with dreadful intensity.
- I have known him to maintain this statuesque pose for as long as fifteen minutes[.]
- 3
Elegantly tall, graceful, and attractive.
- Christy Turlington is a statuesque supermodel famous for her fashion ads.
- The grand, handsome, and much younger Mrs. Nettles, […] has the nose and cheekbones of a Cherokee and is so black and statuesque in her muscularity and boneyness that she seems carved by an ax from an effulgent vein of coal.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。