| 单词 | demure |
| 释义 | de·mure /dɪˈmjʊə $ -ˈmjʊr/ adjective 1 QUIETquiet, serious, and well-behaved – used especially about women in the past 端庄娴静的〔尤指旧时妇女〕 Old photos of Maggie show her young and demure. 老照片上的玛吉显得年轻而又端庄娴静。2 demure clothes do not show much of a woman’s body 〔女子衣服〕端庄的 a demure white dress 端庄的白色连衣裙 —demurely adverbExamples from the Corpusdemure• Lovely, simple, and demure.• He is as good as his name, as wild, eccentric and ebullient as Keane is demure and disciplined.• I wore jeans or the demure dresses approved of by the school authorities.• But the demure look toward the floor, the disclaimer with the hands often as not look faked when seen.• The deceptively demure Meredith was led outside by the masked Lucenzo.• Her maids carried them upstairs and demure Penelope retired with great contentment in her heart.• When they become possessed by their spirits, these demure, purdah-confined ladies undergo a remarkable change.• She looked almost demure, she thought disparagingly, glaring at her reflection as if her dilemma were all the mirror's fault.Origin demure (1300-1400) Old French demoré, past participle of demorer; → DEMURde·mure adjectiveChineseSyllable used especially Corpus serious, well-behaved about – and women quiet, |
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