Stalwart

(adj.) used especially of persons; 'a stalwart knight'; 'a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army' .

(adj.) dependable; 'the stalwart citizens at Lexington'; 'a stalwart supporter of the UN'; 'stout hearts' .

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• The Loyalist movement that took to Nova Scotia so many Americans after the War of Independence carried with it John, the son of this stalwart Continental. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Nor did the immaculate young Frenchman appeal to the primal woman in her, as had the stalwart forest god. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• We had all risen to our feet, our prisoner breathing hard, with a stalwart constable on each side of him. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• In the last thirty-five years of the Nineteenth Century there has grown up into the full stature of mechanical majority this stalwart son of electrical lineage. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Must I tell how I and the two stalwart companions I brought home from the illuminated park bore the test of intimate acquaintance? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A tribe of stalwart Moors are wading into the sea to carry us ashore on their backs from the small boats. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• A tall and stalwart man reposes on a couch there. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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