(verb.) make steady; 'steady yourself'.

(adj.) not easily excited or upset; 'steady nerves' .

(adj.) securely in position; not shaky; 'held the ladder steady' .

(adj.) not subject to change or variation especially in behavior; 'a steady beat'; 'a steady job'; 'a steady breeze'; 'a steady increase'; 'a good steady ballplayer' .

巴拉克編輯

• My dear George, returns the elder, concentrating his strong steady brow upon him and smiling confidently, leave that to me, and let me try. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• They watched the plane moving high and silvery and steady in the sunlight. 歐內斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• Be steady, and wing him. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• Steady, sir, steady! 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• It is not a passionate quarrel that would have broken my heart; it is the steady opposition and persistence in going wrong that he has shown. 托馬斯·哈代. 還鄉.
• This confidence in the future had steadied him to play his part in the present. 伊迪絲·華頓. 純真年代.
• And the world of experience can be brought under control, can be steadied and ordered, only through subjection to its law of reason. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
• She waited a little, and steadied herself. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
• Under her hat-brim he saw the pallor of her profile, and a slight tremor of the nostril above her resolutely steadied lips. 伊迪絲·華頓. 純真年代.
• That last thought steadied me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• You can lie comfortably, on your back, with your head out, and your legs out from your knees down, by steadying yourself with your hands. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• She, her flowers shaken from her like froth, was steadying herself to turn the angle of the church. 戴維·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• This danger imposes upon the school a steadying and integrating office. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
• He staggered under it, steadying himself against the desk. 伊迪絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
• But he sat up, steadying himself with his hand and waiting for his heart to become stiller and less painful. 戴維·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
• She seemed to gather courage as she advanced, and to walk with a steadier and firmer step. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
• The simple candle of our ancestors was now replaced by the oil lamp, which gave a brighter, steadier, and more permanent illumination. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• She spoke of it, Fanny, with a steadier voice than I can. 簡·奧斯汀. 曼斯菲爾德莊園.
• And in a louder, steadier tone, he concluded with, He will soon be gone. 簡·奧斯汀. 愛瑪.
• I observed all day that Mr. Murdstone was graver and steadier than the two gentlemen. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
• Yes, she repeated, in tones of the bitterest, steadiest contempt. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Kitty Hawk, the place the Wrights had chosen because the Weather Bureau had told them the winds were strongest and steadiest there, now became one of the chief foci of the world’s attention. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• I can do it better by this light than by a stronger, for my hand is steadiest when I don't see the poor blistered patches too distinctly. 查爾斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.

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