prudish

英 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]

美 [ˈpruːdɪʃ]

adj.  (对性问题)大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的，伪善的

GRE

BNC.33141 / COCA.32927

牛津词典

adj.

• （对性问题）大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的，伪善的
  very easily shocked by things connected with sex

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （在性问题上）大惊小怪的，过分正经的；谈性色变的
  If you describe someone asprudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex.
  1. I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.
     我并不是假正经的人，但我觉得这些照片非常淫秽。

英英释义

adj

• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprissypuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

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