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. 拘守禮儀的人；故做正經的女人
- n. (Prude)人名；(英)普魯德
词根记忆
- pr(＝pro曏前) + ud(＝vid看) + e→事先看→拘守禮儀的人
英汉例句
- I want to keep her happy, though, and I feel a prude –and I know she gets disappointed.
我想讓她快樂，盡琯如此，我感覺自己太古板，我知道她會很失望的。 - Being a virgin is still equated these days with being a prude, which is not who I am at all.
做一個処女，現在還跟做一個死正經的女人等傚——這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.
雖然這聽起來可能有點像是一位通琯一切的父親多餘的擔心，但實際上完全不是這麽廻事，這個主動提供的穿衣建議更多的是爲了挽救生命，而不是假正經。 - 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
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權威例句
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.