prude

/pruːd/
VCE 📚 30678 GRE
If you call someone a prude, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. (尤指在性问题上) 一本正经的人

noun [具体名词] 拘守礼仪的人;故做正经的女人

Caroline was very much a prude. She wouldn't let me see her naked. 卡罗琳是个过于一本正经的人。她不肯让我看到她的裸体。

noun [专属名词] (Prude)人名;(英)普鲁德

That Nature is such a prude. 自然真是个老顽固。

pr(=pro 向前) + ud(=vid 看) + e → 事先看 → 拘守礼仪的人
prude

n.装成规矩的女人,(尤指在性问题上)故做正经的女人

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She's as much a prude as Ken is… 当多如肯恩的一个装成规矩的女人是的时候,她是…
Don't be such a prude you can carry modesty too far! 别那么拘谨——你谦虚得太过分了!