prude
音标发音
- 英式音标 [pruːd]
- 美式音标 [pruːd]
- 国际音标 [pru:d]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 拘守礼仪的人；故做正经的女人
- n. (Prude)人名；(英)普鲁德
词根记忆
- pr(＝pro向前) + ud(＝vid看) + e→事先看→拘守礼仪的人
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
- prudery：假正经的行为；过分拘谨的言行。
英汉例句
- I want to keep her happy, though, and I feel a prude –and I know she gets disappointed.
我想让她快乐，尽管如此，我感觉自己太古板，我知道她会很失望的。 - Being a virgin is still equated these days with being a prude, which is not who I am at all.
做一个处女，现在还跟做一个死正经的女人等效——这可根本就不是我想要的。 - While it may sound a bit like the sentiments of an overbearing father who, like, totally doesn't get it, the unsolicited fashion advice is less about being prude and more about saving lives.
虽然这听起来可能有点像是一位通管一切的父亲多余的担心，但实际上完全不是这么回事，这个主动提供的穿衣建议更多的是为了挽救生命，而不是假正经。 - And Diana said, Really, Howard, Mr. Prude in the nude?
NEWYORKER: Wakefield - They thought him a prude even then.
NEWYORKER: In Plain View - But a critic who points out that this so-called culture is defeatist and damaging — because it leads to high drop-out rates, record black-on-black murder statistics and a record number of out-of-wedlock births — is dismissed as a prude and a censor.
NPR: Redefining What It Means to Be Black in America
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- Rosemary Prude 标签
- You Prude 你假正经
- Pirate Prude 唱片名
- The prude 假正经
- prude shaming 良妇羞辱
短语
英英字典
- a person who is easily shocked by rude things, especially those of a sexual type
- If you call someone a prude, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex.