讀法:美?[?st?t?u];英?[?st?tju?]
n.雕像;塑像;鑄像
v.用雕像裝飾
eg:
1、Staring?at?the?statue-still?figures?around?the?fire,?Simon?again?felt?the weight?of his?
fear?drag?at him.
註視著篝火周圍,這些雕塑般靜止不動的人影,Simon再壹次感到了恐懼。
2、Asano?has?justclimbed?down?from?that?bridge?and?is?sitting?on?cracked?steps
leading up to?a?bronze,?flower-laden?statue?of?King Rama I.
淺野下了橋,坐在壹條通向壹座青銅像的臺階上,上面已有斑斑裂痕,那是綴滿鮮花的羅摩壹世的雕像。
3、Unveiling?the?statue,?the?former?US?president?said?he?had?to?take?a?photo?to?show?
his wife?to?prove?he?hadn't?made?the whole?thing?up.
在揭幕儀式上,這位前總統稱,他必須和雕像壹起拍張照片,以向妻子證明這件事不是他隨口捏造的。