橘子朗文词典

prude

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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

    双语例句

  • 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。

    • 权威例句

  • 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

词组短语

    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

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • a person who is easily shocked by rude things, especially those of a sexual type

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you call someone a prude, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex.