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.
实用例句
1. The house commanded some splendid views of Delaware Bay.
从这座房子可以俯瞰到特拉华湾壮丽的景致。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Our house has got a splendid view across to the Cotswolds.
从我们的房子里向外望去，景色宜人，一直能看到科茨沃尔德丘陵。
来自柯林斯例句
3. She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.
她由穿着华丽制服、头戴扑粉假发的仆人们伺候着。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Cherbourg had a splendid harbour enclosed by a long sea wall.
瑟堡有一个由绵延海堤环绕的美轮美奂的港口。
来自柯林斯例句
5. The lower strings contribute a splendid richness of sonority.
