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demure

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

腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    de·mur·er, de·mur·est.

    • : characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
    • : affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.reserved, affected

Examples

  • 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.

  • We little thought what you were up to, so grave and demure as you both were.