参考词典中puritanical的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 清教的;禁欲的
词形变化
- 名 词:pu'ri·tan'i·cal·ness副 词:pu'ri·tan'i·cal·ly
参考例句
- Characteristic of a puritan;puritanical.
具有清教徒特点的;清教徒似的
- Characteristic of a puritan;puritanical.
英英解释
3个形容词解释
- of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism
- exaggeratedly proper
[同] priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straightlaced, straight-laced, straitlaced, strait-laced, tight-laced, victorian
[例]- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
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- morally rigorous and strict
[同] blue, puritan, puritanic, puritanical
[例]- blue laws
- the puritan work ethic
- puritanic distaste for alcohol
- she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
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