prurient

英 [ˈprʊəriənt]

美 [ˈprʊriənt]

adj.  好色的; 下作的; 淫亵的

BNC.34679 / COCA.24224

牛津词典

adj.

• 好色的；下作的；淫亵的
  having or showing too much interest in things connected with sex

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 好色的；淫秽的
  If you describe someone asprurient, you mean that they show too much interest in sexual matters.
  1. We read the gossip written about them with prurient interest.
     我们翻看他们的八卦时带着不洁的想法。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by lust
  1. eluding the lubricious embraces of her employer
  2. her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature
  3. prurient literature
  4. prurient thoughts
  5. a salacious rooster of a little man
  Synonym:lubriciouslustfulsalacious

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