释义 |
prudishprud‧ish /ˈpruːdɪʃ/ adjective - I think that is a prudish approach.
- It wasn't that they were prudish, I could tell they'd heard it before.
- Purists were quick to counter-attack accusations that the legislation threatened individual liberty and encouraged prudish self-satisfaction.
- Take the case of the prudish Mr Parkinson, who attended the butterfly ballet.
- These strict and prudish ideals were those of the austere Hejaz merchants.
- They are also peculiarly prudish and voyeuristic.
- We Brits are terribly prudish and you may be, as I was, a little uneasy at first.
very easily shocked by things relating to sex – used to show disapproval → prudery: American culture is in many ways still fairly prudish.—prudishly adverb—prudishness noun [uncountable] |