prudish /ˈpruːdɪʃ/

• 1.  

  ADJ（形容词） If you describe someone as prudish, you mean that they are too easily shocked by things relating to sex. (对性)大惊小怪的[表不满]

  例：

  I'm not prudish but I think these photographs are obscene.

  我在性问题上并不拘谨，但我认为这些照片的确有些下流。

• 2.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） prudishness

  例：

  Older people will have grown up in a time of greater sexual prudishness.

  年纪大者是在一个对待性更加拘谨的时代中长大的。