单词	chaste
释义	chastechaste /tʃeɪst/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINchaste Origin: 1200-1300 Old French, Latin castus ‘pure’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a chaste white dress Girls were expected to remain chaste until marriage. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A woman's chastity is considered as her highest virtue and all Hindu traditional literature extols the greatness of a chaste woman. Douglas makes the concerto sound almost chaste in its clinical brilliance. During his chaste vigil he had a vision of wolves, bears, lions, leopards and unicorns. He scorned Aphrodite, he worshiped only Artemis, the huntress chaste and fair. High government officials began to show symptoms, as did chaste wives who had been infected by their straying husbands. Morrissey is always taking off his shirt but he is also proudly and publicly chaste. When the little ones squeeze past me in the Superette I give their mops the chaste old tousle. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► chaste kiss  a chaste kiss on the cheek COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► kiss · Yet my feelings can't survive on a formal handshake and a chaste kiss of your cheek. 1 old-fashioned not having sex with anyone, or not with anyone except your husband or wife → celibate, chastity:  She led a chaste decent life.2not showing sexual feelings:  a chaste kiss on the cheek3simple and plain in style:  a chaste nightgown—chastely adverb
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