demure

FREQ #40795

a. 装成端庄的, 假正经的, 娴静的

发音

UK /dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
UK /dəˈmjɔː(ɹ)/
其它 /dəˈmjɔː(ɹ)/
UK /dɪˈmjɵː(ɹ)/
其它 /dɪˈmjɵː(ɹ)/
其它 /dɪˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
US /dɪˈmjʊɹ/
US /dɪˈmjɔɹ/
AU /dəˈmjʊə(ɹ)/
NZ /dəˈmjʉə(ɹ)/

词形变化

demured demures 三单 demures demuring demuring 现在分词 demured 过去式 demured 过去分词 demurer 比较级 demurer demurest demurest 最高级

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To look demurely.

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Modest, quiet, reserved, or serious.

    娴静

    斯文

    矜持

    She is a demure young lady.

  2. 2.

    Affectedly modest, decorous, or serious; making a show of gravity.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

coy overmodest

近义相关 1

modest

相关短语

demure as a whore at a christening as demure as an old whore at a christening

词源

Inherited from Middle English demure, demwre, an abbreviation of Anglo-Norman de mure port (“with a mature demeanor”) (compare Old French meur from Latin mātūrus): *si il seyt coy e de mure port (Amur curteiz) (“he sits quietly and with a mature appearance”) * Documents illustrating the history of Scotland, CLV, 1306, Orders for the custody of Scottish prisoners, CLV: …et que eles soient de bon et meur port (“…with a good and mature demeanor”) * mss. Arundel, 220: ke cely qe vus amerez soyt de gentil manere, coy, de meure porture (“with a mature demeanor”) * (Monastic rule): de aunciene dame de meure porture ke pusse les plus ieuenes rieueler e endoctriner (“an old lady with a mature demeanor able to rule and educate the young girls”).

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