PRUDE, n. A bawd hiding behind the back of her demeanor.
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prep. (表示位置)在…的后面;支持;(表示顺序)在身后;(表示比较)落后于;
adv. 在后面;向后;在后面较远处;(落)在后面;
n. 〈口〉屁股;
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"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障碍物后面。
近义:back, posterior, rear, rearward, lagging, late
反义:quick, rapid, accelerated
prude
[pru:d]
n. <贬>极端或过分拘谨的人,(尤指对性问题)大惊小怪的人;
"On the first day of an American history class Prude University."
在印地安那州的西拉法市波督大学,我上的第一节美国历史课那天.
近义:prig, simpleton, bigot, bluenose, puritan, dolt
hiding
['haidiŋ]
n. 躲藏,隐匿;<口>殴打;
"After the trial, she had to go into hiding for several weeks."
审讯后她不得不躲藏了几个星期。
近义:concealment, hideaway, hideout, cache, cover, dissimulation
反义:incriminative, inculpatory, probational, proving, revealing, accusatorial
n. 背,背部;背面,反面;后面,后部;(椅子等的)靠背;
vt. 使后退;支持;加背书于;下赌注于;
vi. 后退;倒退;
adj. 背部的;后面的;以前的;拖欠的;
adv. 以前;向后地;
"Water allotments to farmers were cut back in the drought."
在干旱时期配给农民的水量减少。
近义:second, support, endorse, illustrate, document, backtrack
反义:impel, inch, save, loop, sheer, slew