prudish
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈpruː.dɪʃ/us/ˈpruː.dɪʃ/easilyshockedbyrudethings,especiallyanythingrelatingtosex:
(对性问题)大惊小怪的,迂腐守旧的,伪善的I don'tconsidermyself prudish but I dothinkthesexscenesin thefilmwere abitexcessive.我并不认为自己是谈性色变,但我确实认为影片中的性爱场面有点过分。
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prude
- Americancollectorsdidn'tbuynudes, Hall says. They were too prudish for that.
- She isinclinedto bereservedandslightlyprudish.
- The 1930s'Hollywoodcensors'banonshowingevenamarriedcouplein the samebedseemsludicrouslyprudish to us today.
- Let usturnto thecontent, at whichpointprudishreadersmightwishtoturnto anotherpage.
- Being a prudishkindaguy, I'mfartooembarrassedtowanderround abusysaunain atinytowel.
Narrow-minded
- be set inyourwaysidiom
- be wearing blindersidiom
- be wearing blinkersidiom
- blinder
- blinker
- blinkered
- closed-minded
- intolerantly
- myopia
- myopic
- narrow-minded
- narrow-mindedness
- non-thinking
- parochial
- prissy
- prude
- prudishly
- prudishness
- short-sightedly
- tunnel vision