demure

音标发音

• 英式音标 [di'mjuədɪ'mjʊə; dɪ'mjɔː]
• 美式音标 [dɪˈmjʊr]
• 国际音标 [di'mjuə]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 端庄的；娴静的；严肃的；假装正直的
• n. (Demure)人名；(法)德米尔

词根记忆

• de + mure(墙)→脸板得像墙一样→严肃的
• 她纯洁(pure)又端庄(demure)

同根派生

• adv性质的同根词

  demurely：装成端庄地；认真地。

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英汉例句

双语例句

• A saucy redheaded southerner, Mom could be demure one moment and shocking the next, with a laugh so loud and sudden it turned heads. And she had stories to tell.
  一个具有红头发的南方人，母亲可以这一刻严肃，下一刻笑的很大声让人感到震惊，接着突然转过头，有故事要讲。
• But a few blocks south, far away from the blare of Hummer limousine horns, at the fashionable opening of the Algus Greenspon Gallery on Morton Street, a more demure look prevailed.
  不过就在隔了几个街区的南边，远离悍马豪华轿车的嘟嘟声，阿尔格斯• 格林斯彭艺术廊的时尚开幕式上，一种更简朴端庄的打扮正在流行。

权威例句

• The demure appearance of the women delegates, in their traditional black cloaks, was deceptive.
  ECONOMIST: Putting Saudi women to work
• Perlmutter is demure about his ambitions, saying he doesn't look forward more than two or three years.
  FORBES: Hard Core
• Demure isn't a word normally associated with Herve Leger, yet nary a knee peeked out of the collection.
  NPR: The Sound Of NY Fashion Week: Smartphones Snapping

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词组短语

短语

• Demure Henry 名称
• Demure casual 娴静随性
• demure base 义齿基托
• Henry Demure 标签
• demure adhesive 义齿粘附剂

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• (especially of women) quiet and well behaved

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
• demurely
• Demure clothes do not reveal your body and they give the impression that you are shy and behave correctly.
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