| 释义 |
pudent, a. rare.|ˈpjuːdənt|
[f. L. pudens, pudentem pres. pple. of pudēre to make ashamed: cf. impudent.]
Having or showing a sense of shame, esp. in regard to matters of a sexual nature; modest; delicate.
1908G. B. Shaw in W. H. Davies Autobiogr. Super-Tramp p. vii, These pudent pages are unstained with the frightful language..of the fictitious proletarians of Mr. Rudyard Kipling and other genteel writers. |