demure

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

• 英式音標(biāo) [di'mju?d?'mj??; d?'mj??]
• 美式音標(biāo) [d??mj?r]
• 國際音標(biāo) [di'mju?]
• 英式發(fā)音
• 美式發(fā)音

基本解釋

• adj. 端莊的；嫻靜的；嚴(yán)肅的；假裝正直的
• n. (Demure)人名；(法)德米爾

詞根記憶

• de + mure(墻)→臉板得像墻一樣→嚴(yán)肅的
• 她純潔(pure)又端莊(demure)

同根派生

• adv性質(zhì)的同根詞

  demurely：裝成端莊地；認(rèn)真地。

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英漢例句

雙語例句

• 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(fā)的南方人，母親可以這一刻嚴(yán)肅，下一刻笑的很大聲讓人感到震驚，接著突然轉(zhuǎn)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(qū)的南邊，遠(yuǎn)離悍馬豪華轎車的嘟嘟聲，阿爾格斯? 格林斯彭藝術(shù)廊的時尚開幕式上，一種更簡樸端莊的打扮正在流行。

權(quán)威例句

• 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.
  NPR: The Sound Of NY Fashion Week: Smartphones Snapping

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詞組短語

短語

• Demure Henry 名稱
• Demure casual 嫻靜隨性
• demure base 義齒基托
• Henry Demure 標(biāo)簽
• demure adhesive 義齒粘附劑

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• (especially of women) quiet and well behaved

柯林斯英英字典

• 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.
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