单词:prude
音标:[pru:d] ;
n. 拘守礼仪的人, 故作正经的人
n. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
词型变化:名词复数形式 : prudes
考试类型:[GRE]
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
prude的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词(n.)
- Don't be such a prude.别那么拘谨。
- She always give clients an impression of humourless prude.她一直都给客户一副不苟言笑、一本正经的印象。
- She was such a prude that she was even embarrassed by the sight of naked children.她正经得出了格,甚至见了赤身露体的孩子也难为情。
经典引文
The prudest might..enjoy Vanbrugh's Provoked Husband.
出自:H. G. Graham
【近义词】
- Puritan清教徒