| 词汇 | purdah |
| 释义 | purdahWord family adjectivepurdahednounpurdah Islam pur·dah /ˈpɜːdə, -dɑː $ ˈpɜːr-/ noun [uncountableU] 1 RRIthe custom in some Muslim and Hindu societies in which women stay indoors or cover their faces so that men cannot see them 〔有些伊斯兰教或印度教社会的〕深闺制度〔妇女闭门不出或蒙面，不让男人窥见容貌〕 in purdah The bride remains in purdah until the wedding. 新娘直到婚礼才公开露面。 2 a period of being alone, especially to keep something secret 独处的生活〔尤指为了保守某个秘密〕 18 months of self-imposed purdah 18个月的自愿离群索居 Examples from the Corpus purdah• We think we have to fight purdah and fundamentalist tenets.• She has spent her married life locked in purdah in a castle.• It represents a small assault on the bastion of purdah.• Here on the dang strict purdah is impractical and everyone understands this, brothers-in-law included.• None the less, after about eighteen months in technological purdah, he emerged, having resolved most of the equipment problems.• A cavalier attitude to purdah was one thing; for a woman to be seen exposing her nether regions quite another. (1800-1900) Hindi parda “screen, veil” |
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