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Chaste Pure Adj Tʃeist A.贞洁的;朴实的 英 贞洁的 Virtuous);朴实的

单词 chaste
音标 [tʃeist]
解释 a.贞洁的;朴实的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 贞洁的 (virtuous);朴实的 (restrained and simple)
【记】 chaste(贞洁的)姑娘 被chase(追逐)
【同】 派生词: chastity n. 贞节,纯洁
【例】 The prudish man read only chaste literature.
字源 chaste (adj.)
c.1200, "virtuous, pure from unlawful sexual intercourse" (as defined by the Church), from Old French chaste "morally pure" (12c.), from Latin castus "clean, pure, morally pure" (see caste). Transferred sense of "sexually pure" is by 15c., perhaps by influence of chastity, though chaste as a noun meaning "virgin person" is recorded from early 14c. Related: Chastely.
不择手段背单词 adj. 童贞的(没有经历过性交的) = virtuous; 禁欲的(禁止性交的) = restrained; (文风)朴实的 = simple
【记】chase(v 追求), 中间有t她: 追求她, 因为她是贞节的.
【参】chastity(n 贞节, 纯洁)
趣味全助记 【记】chase + ta 追她,追求她,因为她是淑女,淑,贞洁,(窈窕)淑女 (君子)好逑

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