demure

英 [dɪ'mjʊə; dɪ'mjɔː] 美[dɪ'mjʊr]

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副词: demurely;

demure 端庄

来自法语，of mature, 用来指成熟的女人，引申词义端庄。

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.
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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].

The luscious Miss Wharton gave me a demure but knowing smile.: 性感迷人的沃顿小姐对我羞涩地会心一笑。

NOT much about Texas is becoming or demure.: 得克萨斯州根本就没有什么东西可以配的上“优雅”,“得体”这两个词,海岸附近泥泞不堪,瘴气缭绕.

The painting portrays a beautiful lady , gentle and demure, brimming with joy and confidence in life.: 画面描绘了一位娴静端庄的美丽少女, 她充满着对生活的喜悦和信心.

Rather pale she looked and Londony; and her blue eyes were demure.: 她脸上带点苍白,而且十足伦敦派头; 兰眼睛显得很端庄.

WOMAN WARRIORS Fragile , submissive, demure and mysterious. That's how some Americans think of Asian women.: 江湖女侠一些美国人对亚洲女性的看法是, 她们纤弱、顺从、娴静而又神秘.

It'seems to me there are two aspects to women. There is the demure and the dauntless.: 据我看来女人有两种类型,即矜持端庄型和勇敢无畏型.

The luscious Miss Wharton gave me a demure but knowing smile.: 性感迷人的沃顿小姐对我羞涩地会心一笑。