demure

adjective

/dɪˈmjʊə(r)/

/dɪˈmjʊr/

(of a woman or a girl女子) behaving in a way that does not attract attention to herself or her body; quiet and serious娴静的；端庄的 synonym modest
- a demure young lady娴静的年轻女士
suggesting that a woman or girl is demure（女子的举止或衣服等）显得庄重的 synonym modest
- a demure smile矜持的微笑
- a demure navy blouse with a white collar严肃庄重的白领海军军服上衣

词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘sober, serious, reserved’): perhaps from Old French demoure, past participle of demourer ‘remain’, based on Latin de- ‘away, completely’ + morari ‘delay’; influenced by Old French mur ‘grave’, from Latin maturus ‘ripe or mature’. The sense ‘reserved, shy’ dates from the late 17th cent.

词汇	demure
释义	demure adjective /dɪˈmjʊə(r)/ /dɪˈmjʊr/ (of a woman or a girl女子) behaving in a way that does not attract attention to herself or her body; quiet and serious娴静的；端庄的 synonym modest a demure young lady娴静的年轻女士 suggesting that a woman or girl is demure（女子的举止或衣服等）显得庄重的 synonym modest a demure smile矜持的微笑 a demure navy blouse with a white collar严肃庄重的白领海军军服上衣词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘sober, serious, reserved’): perhaps from Old French demoure, past participle of demourer ‘remain’, based on Latin de- ‘away, completely’ + morari ‘delay’; influenced by Old French mur ‘grave’, from Latin maturus ‘ripe or mature’. The sense ‘reserved, shy’ dates from the late 17th cent.
随便看	followings following suit following through following wind follow in sb’s footsteps follow in somebody’s footsteps follow-my-leader follow my leader follow nose follow on follow-on followon follow-on_1 follow-on_2 follow on from follow-on-from follow ons follow-ons follows follow somethingthrough follows on follows suit follows through follow suit follow-suit