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prudish

adjective
🔊/ˈpruːdɪʃ/
🔊/ˈpruːdɪʃ/
 (disapproving)
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  1. very easily shocked by things connected with sex（对性问题）大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的，伪善的 synonym strait-laced
    • He grew up in the prudish moral climate of the late nineteenth century.他在19世纪末期迂腐的道德环境中长大。
    • She can be quite prudish.她在性问题上相当传统守旧。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2