stature
stature 英 [ˈstætʃə(r)] 美 [ˈstætʃɚ]
n. 身高，身材；（精神、道德等的）高度
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- Stature can refer to a person's height or the high level of respect with which she is regarded. Your grandmother might be small in stature, or height, but have great stature, or esteem, in her community.
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- n. 身高，身材；（精神、道德等的）高度
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1. He is short in stature.
他身材矮小。
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2. In that case you’ll want to mount one of these ‘Who Tall Are You?’ charts on the wall which allows you to compare your own stature to a wide range of celebrities.
在这种情况下,你会想在墙上装这些“你的身高是谁”的图表中的一个,它允许你去把你自己的身高和各种各样的名人做比较。
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3. While this loss of stature is attributed partially to shrinking bones and the other physiological effects of aging, some researchers say this is no coincidence at all.
虽然身高减少的部分原因是衰老所产生的骨骼收缩以及其他生理现象，但一些研究人员说这绝非巧合。
- stature (n.) early 14c., "natural height of a body, height," from Old French stature, estature "build, structure," from Latin statura "height, size of body, size, growth," from PIE *ste-tu-, from root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing." Figurative sense first recorded 1834.
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