chaste的意思|chaste的解释-里氏词典

chaste [tʃeist]

a. 贞洁的, 纯洁的, 朴素的

She was a holy woman, innocent and chaste.
她是一个圣洁的女人，天真而忠贞。
Not chaste or modest.
不贞洁的，淫荡的
The condition or quality of being pure or chaste.
纯洁纯洁或贞洁的状况或者品质

chaste

[ adj ]

morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)

<adj.all>

a holy woman innocent and chaste

pure and simple in design or style

<adj.all>

a chaste border of conventionalized flowers

abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse

<adj.all>

Chaste \Chaste\ (ch[=a]st), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure,
chaste; cf. Gr. kaqaro`s pure, Skr. [,c]udh to purify.]
1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous;
continent. ``As chaste as Diana.'' --Shak.

Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced.
--Milton.

2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and
obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a
chaste mind; chaste eyes.

3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from
barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste
style in composition or art.

That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence,
the Book of Common Prayer. --Macaulay.

4. Unmarried. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Syn: Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate;
spotless.

{Chaste tree}. Same as {Agnus castus}.

In jail he develops a friendship with his homosexual guard, who brings him books in exchange for an occasional (chaste, he hastens to point out) kiss.
The few chaste condom commercials are barely noticed amidst the scores of newscasts graphically detailing the spread of AIDS.
Indeed, for a book about human sexuality, it is curiously chaste in every way. The Red Queen may link sex and intelligence on an intellectual plane but in practice it leaves both as mysterious as ever.
But Hughes said he thinks chaste and faithful donors can supply the nation with blood.
In fact, a church-sanctioned organization called Courage works to counsel such people toward heterosexuality or chaste lives.
Opposite him, Isabella (Ruth Gemmell) is uncertain in her petition but resolute against compromise: 'Isabel, live chaste, and brother, die: More than our brother is our chastity.'
Pakistan's strict Islamic censorship laws prohibit even the most chaste celluloid kiss.
The balcony scene young passionate love, the wedding scene chaste, the wedding morning scene tender, the reunion in the tomb scene joyful on her part, physical exertion after taking poison on his part.
Fresh from a relatively chaste four years at college, the sensuous but brainy Stella starts picking up two or three men a week.

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