prude
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++prude /pruːd/ noun [countable] OFFENDsomeone who is very easily shocked by anything relating to sex – used to show disapproval 〔在性方面〕过分拘谨的人，谈性色变者〔含贬义〕 → prudish
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prude• Eline didn't think of herself as a prude but it was clear that Sarah held virtue very lightly indeed.• Possibly I was being a bit of a prude.• Alvin was fastidious and even a bit of a prude.• In the inevitable lecture series that followed, few would be intrigued by a grossly overweight, fortyish prude.• Sarah's no prude, but she thought some of the sex scenes were quite shocking.• Marriage, that desiccated, pedantic, self-satisfied prude.Origin prude (1700-1800) French “good woman, prudish woman”, from prudefemme “good woman”, from Old French prode femmeprude nounChinese
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prude
prude /pruːd/
noun [countable]
prude /pruːd/
noun [countable] Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: 'good woman, prudish woman', from prudefemme 'good woman', from Old French prode femme
someone who is very easily shocked by anything relating to sex – used to show disapproval ⇨ prudish
Language: French
Origin: 'good woman, prudish woman', from prudefemme 'good woman', from Old French prode femme