prudery

prudery怎么读

英式音标：[ˈpru:dəri]

美式音标：[ˈprudəri]

prudery的意思释义

n.

拘谨，（尤指对性问题）大惊小怪；

变形

复数：pruderies

英英释义

n.excessive or affected modesty

同义词：primnessprudishnessGrundyism

prudery用法及例句

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The \"Eastern\"Mark Twain can be delicate to the point of prudery.

“东部的”马克·吐温竟可以严谨到一本正经的程度。

例句参考

Prudery & Passion

Legal Prudery: The Case of Ulysses

Prudery in the Publication History of Goethe\'s Roman Elegies

Primers for Prudery: Sexual Advice to Victorian America

Mrs Grundy : studies in English prudery

Origins and Legacies of Irish Prudery: Sexuality and Social Control in Modern Ireland

Rescuing Sex from Prudery and Prurience: American Women\'s Use of Sex Education as an Antidote to Obscenity, 1925-1932

The Terrible Haystack Murder: The Moral Paradox of Hypocrisy, Prudery and Piety in Antebellum America

A dictionary of American and British euphemisms : the language of evasion, hypocrisy, prudery and deceit