demure

        英 [d?'mj??; d?'mj??] 美[d?'mj?r]
        • adj. 端莊的;嫻靜的;嚴(yán)肅的;假裝正直的
        • n. (Demure)人名;(法)德米爾

        GRE暢通詞匯

        詞態(tài)變化


        副詞:?demurely;

        中文詞源


        demure 端莊

        來自法語,of mature, 用來指成熟的女人,引申詞義端莊。

        英文詞源


        demure
        demure: [14] Etymologically, someone who is demure is quiet and settled, not agitated. The word comes from demore, the past participle of Old French demorer ‘stay’ (source of English demur), and so semantically is a parallel formation to staid. One of its earliest recorded uses in English was actually to describe the sea as ‘calm’, and it was not until the late 17th century that its modern slightly pejorative connotations of coyness began to emerge.
        => demur
        demure (adj.)
        late 14c. (early 14c. as a surname), from Old French meur "mature, fully grown, ripe," hence "discreet," from Latin maturus "mature" (see mature (v.)) [OED]. The de- in this word is of uncertain meaning. Or possibly from Anglo-French demuré (Old French demoré), past participle of demorer "stay," and influenced by meur [Barnhart]. Or from Old French de (bon) murs "of good manners," from murs (Modern French moeurs) [Klein].

        雙語例句


        1. The luscious Miss Wharton gave me a demure but knowing smile.
        性感迷人的沃頓小姐對我羞澀地會(huì)心一笑。

        來自柯林斯例句

        2. a demure young lady
        嫻靜的年輕女士

        來自《權(quán)威詞典》

        3. She's very demure and sweet.
        她非常嫻靜可愛。

        來自辭典例句

        4. There she was , grey - suited , sweet - faced , demure, but scowling.
        她就在那里, 穿著灰色的衣服, 漂亮的臉上顯得嚴(yán)肅而憂郁.

        來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹

        5. Rather pale she looked and Londony; and her blue eyes were demure.
        她臉上帶點(diǎn)蒼白,而且十足倫敦派頭; 蘭眼睛顯得很端莊.

        來自辭典例句

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