prudish
adjective disapproving uk/ˈpruː.dɪʃ/ us/ˈpruː.dɪʃ/
(对性问题)大惊小怪的,迂腐守旧的,伪善的
easily shocked by rude things, especially anything relating to sex
I don't consider myself prudish but I do think the sex scenes in the film were a bit excessive. 我并不认为自己是谈性色变,但我确实认为影片中的性爱场面有点过分。
See: prude
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- American collectors didn't buy nudes, Hall says. They were too prudish for that.
- She is inclined to be reserved and slightly prudish.
- The 1930s' Hollywood censors' ban on showing even a married couple in the same bed seems ludicrously prudish to us today.
- Let us turn to the content, at which point prudish readers might wish to turn to another page.
- Being a prudish kinda guy, I'm far too embarrassed to wander round a busy sauna in a tiny towel.