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prudish
adjective
disapprovinguk /ˈpruː.dɪʃ/ us /ˈpruː.dɪʃ/
easily shocked by rude things, especially anything relating to sex: （对性问题）大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的，伪善的
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。
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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.
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