prudery
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['pruːdərɪ]
- 美式音标 [ˈprudəri]
- 国际音标 ['pru:dəri]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.拘谨，（尤指对性问题）大惊小怪
词根记忆
- 法语词，由prude(n.过分拘谨的人)而来
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- prudish：装正经的；过分规矩的。
- n性质的同根词
- prude：拘守礼仪的人；故做正经的女人。
英汉例句
- A woman of artifice and prudery.
善使诡计而又故作正经的女性。 - We think of it as a time of buttoned-up prudery and repression —and it was —but loosen the corset of 1860s England and out spills the kink.
大家的印象中，那是一个沉默的假道学和压抑的时代——是的——但松开19世纪60年代英格兰的塑身衣，蹦出来的是变态。 - Joe wondered whether their prudery would ruin things, or add even more hilarity.
乔怀疑了无论他们的装规矩将会毁灭事物或增加甚至更多的欢闹心情。 - Not that Mr Gay defends the contemporary notion of Victorian values: censorious prudery or embarrassed euphemisms.
ECONOMIST: Victorian values revisited - What is political correctness but Victorian prudery in modern dress?
ECONOMIST: Who has been lying about whose age? - So God forbid piety, but long live prudery.
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双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- marked by prudery 分规矩的
短语
英英字典
- Prudery is prudish behaviour or attitudes.
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 假装正经