demure

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A saucy redheaded southerner, Mom could be demure one moment and shocking the next, with a laugh so loud and sudden it turned heads. And she had stories to tell.
一个具有红头发的南方人，母亲可以这一刻严肃，下一刻笑的很大声让人感到震惊，接着突然转过头，有故事要讲。
But a few blocks south, far away from the blare of Hummer limousine horns, at the fashionable opening of the Algus Greenspon Gallery on Morton Street, a more demure look prevailed.
不过就在隔了几个街区的南边，远离悍马豪华轿车的嘟嘟声，阿尔格斯• 格林斯彭艺术廊的时尚开幕式上，一种更简朴端庄的打扮正在流行。

The demure appearance of the women delegates, in their traditional black cloaks, was deceptive.
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If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
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Demure clothes do not reveal your body and they give the impression that you are shy and behave correctly.
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