nude

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++nude1 /njuːd $ nuːd/ ●●○ adjective  1  NAKEDnot wearing any clothes 赤裸的，裸体的 SYN naked I did some work as a nude model when I was in college. 我上大学的时候当过裸体模特。 Have you ever posed nude (=been photographed or painted while nude)? 你拍过裸体照吗？2  NAKEDdone by or involving people who are not wearing any clothes 裸体者的 There are several nude scenes in the film. 影片中有几处裸体镜头。 I have no desire to go to a nude beach (=a beach where people wear no clothes). 我不想去裸体沙滩。n3  a pale pink-brown colour – used in fashion nude tights

Examples from the Corpus

nude• Nevertheless, she was a handsome woman and very competent and Modi persuaded her to pose for him nude.• The servant girl - perhaps in honour of the occasion - was also nude and without the customary middle band.• Private and sanctioned nude areas are legal in Texas, but some states are trying to pass anti-nudity legislation.• There are also sanctioned nude beaches and unsanctioned beaches, where you go buff at your own risk.• I heard all the beaches are nude down there.• On the wall was a nude drawing of her husband.• At the front of the painting is a nude figure carrying a torch.• Soon-Yi told friends that Mia went wild after finding nude photos of her in film-maker Allen's Manhattan apartment.• Rogers refuses to do nude scenes in movies.• They are utterly complicit with the usual representations of nude women in the history of art.nude model• The six normally spent their working week posing as nude models in the Manchester Regional College of Art.nude scenes• Apparently the couple had some nude scenes and Jared couldn't stomach the idea of his sweetheart frolicking with her ex!• But I think I can say that there aren't going to be any nude scenes between you and Caduta.• Look, there aren't any nude scenes in the script, not with Caduta.

Related topics: Visual

nude2 noun  1. [countable]NAKED a painting, statue etc of someone not wearing clothes 裸体艺术品〔如人体画、人体雕塑等〕2  in the nude NAKEDnot wearing any clothes 裸体的[地]，赤裸的[地] SYN naked He was standing there in the nude. 他光着身子站在那里。

Examples from the Corpus

nude• a nude by Picasso• Everyone else in the class is working on a reclining female nude.• In this chapter we examine how the female nude became a crucial element in the formation of art designated modern.• Chapter 4 considers why the female nude played so prominent a part in the making of modern art practice.• They were really the first nudes that he had done since Jane Birkin posed topless in the Sixties.• To be honest, I prefer his flower pictures to his nudes.• The greatest obscenities, to be sure, were photographs of nudes.• Many of them are reminiscent of Modigliani's nudes.• The simultaneous presentation continued, two writhing nudes on the stage, two thrashing nudes on the screen.Origin nude1 (1500-1600) Latin nudus

nude1 adjectivenude2 nounLDOCE OnlineChinese  

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nude¹ /njuːd $ nuːd/ adjective1. not wearing any clothes
   SYN  naked:
    I did some work as a nude model when I was in college.
    Have you ever posed nude (=been photographed or painted while nude)?
2. done by or involving people who are not wearing any clothes:
    There are several nude scenes in the film.
    I have no desire to go to a nude beach (=a beach where people wear no clothes).
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ naked not wearing any clothes or not covered by clothes - used especially when this seems rather shocking: a naked man | He got out of bed naked, and answered the telephone. | his naked chest
   ▪ have nothing on/not have anything on to not be wearing any clothes. This phrase is very commonly used in everyday English instead of saying that someone is naked: Can you wait a minute? I've got nothing on! | The little boy didn’t have anything on when he answered the door!
   ▪ bare used about feet, legs, arms etc that are not covered by clothes: The sand was too hot to walk on in bare feet.
   ▪ nude naked – used especially when talking about naked people in paintings, films etc: a nude portrait of his wife
   ▪ undressed [not before noun] not wearing any clothes, especially because you have just taken them off in order to go to bed, have a bath etc: Sara was undressed and ready for bed but Jenny was fully clothed. | Wearily she got undressed and stepped into the shower.
   ▪ topless if a woman is topless, she is not wearing any clothes on the upper part of her body, so that her breasts are not covered: a topless waitress
   ▪ in the nude not wearing any clothes: Men and women swam together in the nude and thought nothing of it.
   ▪ in your birthday suit informal humorous not wearing any clothes: He likes to sleep in his birthday suit. He says pyjamas are uncomfortable.
   ▪ go commando informal humorous to not wear any underwear: In summertime, he likes to go commando.
   ▪ in the buff informal not wearing any clothes - a very informal use: a beach where you can sunbathe in the buff

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nude² noun
1. [countable] a painting, statue etc of someone not wearing clothes
2. in the nude not wearing any clothes
   SYN  naked:
    He was standing there in the nude.