Word · Frequency #4560
Stanley
斯坦利（男子名）
a masculine given name; also the surname of American inventor Francis Stanley (1849-1918) and Welsh explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)
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n. United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)；n. Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
斯坦利(男子名)
斯坦利(男子名)
In use
Stanley is my neighbor and he always helps me carry groceries.
Have you met Stanley? He works in the same office as me.
I invited Stanley to join us for dinner tonight.
Stanley + verb
Stanley invented a steam-powered automobile.
斯坦利发明了一辆蒸汽动力汽车。
verb + Stanley
They named their son Stanley after his grandfather.
他们以祖父的名字给儿子取名斯坦利。
Stanley's + noun
Stanley's expedition in Africa was famous.
Connections
Collocations
- Stanley Cup
- 斯坦利杯
- The Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2015.芝加哥黑鹰队在2015年赢得了斯坦利杯。
- Stanley knife
- 斯坦利刀
- He used a Stanley knife to cut the cardboard.他用斯坦利刀切割纸板。
- Stanley Park
- 斯坦利公园
- We took a walk in Stanley Park last weekend.上周末我们在斯坦利公园散步。
- Stanley Kubrick
- 斯坦利·库布里克
- Stanley Kubrick directed the film '2001: A Space Odyssey'.斯坦利·库布里克执导了电影《2001太空漫游》。
- Stanley Steamer
- 斯坦利蒸汽汽车
- The Stanley Steamer was an early steam-powered automobile.斯坦利蒸汽汽车是一种早期的蒸汽动力汽车。
- named Stanley
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想发明家斯坦利（蒸汽汽车）和探险家斯坦利（找到利文斯通），名字拼写S-t-a-n-l-e-y。
Context & Register
人名
Grammar Note
专有名词，通常不加冠词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Among these, 'manly' (/ˈmænli/) rhymes exactly with 'Stanley'. Words like 'barley', 'parley', and 'harley' are lookalikes sharing the '-ley' spelling but pronounced with /ɑːr/ instead of /æ/. 'Only' and 'valley' have similar endings but different vowel sounds ('only' has /oʊ/, 'valley' has /æ/ but lacks the /n/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.