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stature
noun
[mass noun]a person's natural height
(自然)身高,身材
a man of short stature.
一个矮个男子。
she was small in stature.
她身材矮小。
■importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement.
高境界,高水准
an architect of international stature.
国际级建筑大师。
派生
statured
adjective
a short-statured fourteen-year-old.
一个个子矮小的14岁儿童。
语源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin statura, from stare 'to stand'. The sense 'importance' dates from the mid 19th cent.