demure

/dih-myoor/US // dɪˈmyʊər //UK // (dɪˈmjʊə) //

腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
de·mur·er, de·mur·est.
- : characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- : affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate.

adj.reserved, affected

Synonyms

There’s a similar feeling of “wow” you’ll experience when you turn this demure-looking speaker all the way up.
They are so demure and old-fashioned that only the elderly use it.
Wearing a mask and a demure Alessandra Rich dress, there could hardly be a less disruptive statement of royal continuity.
His reviews, rightly, call him “sweet,” “demure,” “easygoing.”
The cover was relatively demure given more recent issues and seemed to signal a turning point for the softcore sex magazine.
Kate wore one of her trusty stand-bys, a full-length LK Bennet coat, in red, natch, and demure black heels.
Trim and demure, she is, for one thing, seemingly an eighth of his size.
Chris was brilliant, deferential, even demure, full of conviction.
On the other hand, Vera Galloway was transformed into a demure-looking shop assistant waiting a customers' orders.
What scenes, what tragedies, what comedies, those bright houses and demure little villas concealed.
You never saw a more demure, harmless and even helpless looking bit of a thing in your life.
Father Letheby, at the end of the table, looked as demure as a nun.

/dih-myoor/US // dɪˈmyʊər //UK // (dɪˈmjʊə) //

腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装

adj.形容词 adjective

1
de·mur·er, de·mur·est.
- : characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
- : affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate.

adj.reserved, affected

Synonyms

There’s a similar feeling of “wow” you’ll experience when you turn this demure-looking speaker all the way up.
They are so demure and old-fashioned that only the elderly use it.
Wearing a mask and a demure Alessandra Rich dress, there could hardly be a less disruptive statement of royal continuity.
His reviews, rightly, call him “sweet,” “demure,” “easygoing.”
The cover was relatively demure given more recent issues and seemed to signal a turning point for the softcore sex magazine.
Kate wore one of her trusty stand-bys, a full-length LK Bennet coat, in red, natch, and demure black heels.
Trim and demure, she is, for one thing, seemingly an eighth of his size.
Chris was brilliant, deferential, even demure, full of conviction.
On the other hand, Vera Galloway was transformed into a demure-looking shop assistant waiting a customers' orders.
What scenes, what tragedies, what comedies, those bright houses and demure little villas concealed.
You never saw a more demure, harmless and even helpless looking bit of a thing in your life.
Father Letheby, at the end of the table, looked as demure as a nun.