decorum

FREQ #24772

n. 端正, 礼貌, 合宜, 礼仪

发音

UK /dɪˈkɔːɹəm/
IN /ɖɪˈkorəm/
其它 /ˈɖɛkɵrəm/
IN /ˈɖɛkɵrəm/

词形变化

decora 复数 decora decorums decorums 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Appropriate social behavior.

    体统

    端正

    不可数 可数

    It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.

  2. 2.

    A convention of social behavior.

    礼仪

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

decorousness

反义词 1

indecorum

上位词 3

propriety correctitude properness

下位词 1

becomingness

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin decōrum, neuter form of decōrus (“proper, decent”).

来源：wiktionary