staid

adjective

/steɪd/

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单词	staid
释义	staid adjective /steɪd/ /steɪd/ jump to other results not fun or interesting; boring and old-fashioned The museum is trying to get rid of its staid image. Extra Examples He had grown staid and dull. The locals were a very staid lot. a rather staid and old-fashioned hotel the normally staid image of chess the staid world of business He was a staid sort of man who mostly wrote about local government matters. His pictures brought life and fun into the staid, pre-war world of fashion photography. Topics Feelingsc2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be feel look … adverb extremely fairly very … phrases the staid world of… See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: archaic past participle of the verbstay.
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