chaste

FREQ #20364

a. 贞洁的, 纯洁的, 朴素的

发音

US /t͡ʃeɪst/

词形变化

chaster 比较级 chaster chastest chastest 最高级

别名

chast

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

    Sexually pure, abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.

    贞

    纯洁

    贞节

    Theirs was a chaste marriage, loving and content.

  2. 2.

    Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

    Synonym of celibate, abstaining from any sexual intercourse.

    Theirs was a chaste marriage, cold and sexless.

  3. 3.

    Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

    Synonym of virginal, innocent, having or providing no sexual knowledge or experience.

    Her upbringing had been so chaste that her first experience French kissing ended in a panicked dash to the Piggly Wiggly to buy a home pregnancy test, just in case.

  4. 4.

    Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

    Synonym of modest, particularly (sexism) in reference to behavior expected of sexually pure women.

    I ask again what reason could a chaste woman possibly have for being out so late? and in that part of town? Your Honor, we repeat our motion that you recuse yourself from this case.

  5. 5.

    Synonym of pure and virtuous, particularly

    Synonym of austere, plain, unextravagant, particularly demure, sexually discreet.

    The chaste style of most early modern novels is elegant but intensely boring, particularly for teenagers too inexperienced to effectively read between the lines.

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

unchaste

近义相关 9

pure virgin plain moral continent virtuous celibate virginal vestal

参见 3

pure moral virtuous

相关短语

chaste tree chaste trees

词源

From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (“morally pure”), from Latin castus (“pure”).

来源：wiktionary