demure
音标发音
- 英式音标 [di'mjuədɪ'mjʊə; dɪ'mjɔː]
- 美式音标 [dɪˈmjʊr]
- 国际音标 [di'mjuə]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 耑莊的;嫻靜的;嚴肅的;假裝正直的
- n. (Demure)人名;(法)德米爾
词根记忆
- de + mure(牆)→臉板得像牆一樣→嚴肅的
- 她純潔(pure)又耑莊(demure)
英汉例句
- A saucy redheaded southerner, Mom could be demure one moment and shocking the next, with a laugh so loud and sudden it turned heads. And she had stories to tell.
一個具有紅頭發的南方人,母親可以這一刻嚴肅,下一刻笑的很大聲讓人感到震驚,接著突然轉過頭,有故事要講。 - But a few blocks south, far away from the blare of Hummer limousine horns, at the fashionable opening of the Algus Greenspon Gallery on Morton Street, a more demure look prevailed.
不過就在隔了幾個街區的南邊,遠離悍馬豪華轎車的嘟嘟聲,阿爾格斯• 格林斯彭藝術廊的時尚開幕式上,一種更簡樸耑莊的打扮正在流行。 - The demure appearance of the women delegates, in their traditional black cloaks, was deceptive.
ECONOMIST: Putting Saudi women to work - Perlmutter is demure about his ambitions, saying he doesn't look forward more than two or three years.
FORBES: Hard Core - Demure isn't a word normally associated with Herve Leger, yet nary a knee peeked out of the collection.
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雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- Demure Henry 名稱
- Demure casual 嫻靜隨性
- demure base 義齒基托
- Henry Demure 標簽
- demure adhesive 義齒粘附劑
短語
英英字典
- (especially of women) quiet and well behaved
- If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
- demurely
- Demure clothes do not reveal your body and they give the impression that you are shy and behave correctly.
- demurely