splendid

英['splend?d] 美['spl?nd?d]

副詞:?splendidly;

1. splend- "shine" + -id (形容詞后綴) => splendid.
2. splend- "shine" => 專家“鑿壁借光” => (專家在艱苦的環境中學古人通過“鑿壁借光”來夜以繼日地繼續他的研究工作).
3. => 形容像光輝一樣輝煌、燦爛、杰出、優秀。

splendid 壯麗的，壯觀的

來自 splendor,壯觀，壯麗，-id,形容詞后綴。

splendid: splendid: [17] Splendid comes via French splendide from Latin splendidus, a derivative of the verb splendēre ‘shine’. This went back ultimately to the Indo-European base *splēnd- or *plēnd- ‘bright’, which also produced Old Lithuanian splendeti ‘shine’ and Welsh llathru ‘polish’. Amongst the derivatives adopted by English are resplendent [15], splendiferous [15] (from splendiferus, a medieval alteration of late Latin splendōrifer, literally ‘bearing brightness’, hence ‘full of splendour’ – its modern use, as a jocular alternative to splendid, is a 19th-century American innovation), and splendour [15].
=> resplendent
splendid (adj.): 1620s, "marked by grandeur," probably a shortening of earlier splendidious (early 15c.), from Latin splendidus "bright, shining, glittering; sumptuous, gorgeous, grand; illustrious, distinguished, noble; showy, fine, specious," from splendere "be bright, shine, gleam, glisten," from PIE *splend- "to shine, glow" (cognates: Lithuanian splendziu "I shine," Middle Irish lainn "bright"). An earlier form was splendent (late 15c.). From 1640s as "brilliant, dazzling;" 1640s as "conspicuous, illustrious; very fine, excellent." Ironic use (as in splendid isolation, 1843) is attested from 17c.

1. The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.: 從這座房子可以俯瞰到特拉華灣壯麗的景致。

2. Our house has got a splendid view across to the Cotswolds.: 從我們的房子里向外望去，景色宜人，一直能看到科茨沃爾德丘陵。

3. She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.: 她由穿著華麗制服、頭戴撲粉假發的仆人們伺候著。

4. Cherbourg had a splendid harbour enclosed by a long sea wall.: 瑟堡有一個由綿延海堤環繞的美輪美奐的港口。

5. The lower strings contribute a splendid richness of sonority.: 下弦能夠產生雄壯渾厚的音響效果。