prudish
英 ['pruːdɪʃ]
美 ['prudɪʃ]
助記提示
1. proud => prude => prudish.
2. prude 與 prudent 沒什麽關係。
3. shortened from prude de femme (prude of femme).
4. 其後，含義加重，導致物極必反：=> overvirtuousness.
中文詞源
prudish 大驚小怪的，迂腐的來自prude,大驚小怪的人，-ish,形容詞後綴。
英文詞源
- prudish (adj.)
- 1717, from prude (adj.) + -ish. Related: Prudishly; prudishness.
雙語例句
- 1. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
- 我並不是假正經的人，但我覺得這些照片非常淫穢。
來自辭典例句
- 2. She was sexually not so much chaste as prudish.
- 她對男女關係與其說是注重貞節,毋寧說是持身謹慎.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Perhaps it was too prudish.
- 我這也許太拘謹了.
來自辭典例句
- 4. What would have been the point of a lie that makes him out a prudish simpleton?
- 如果你是撒謊,那隻能使他顯得是個不通人情的傻瓜蛋,這樣的撒謊又有什麽意思?
來自辭典例句
- 5. She is sexually not so much chaste as prudish.
- 她在兩性關係方麵不太守節,隻不過是表麵正經而已.
來自互聯網