impudent
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈɪmpjʊdənt/
美 /ˈɪmpjədn̩t/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
— The impudent children would not stop talking in class.
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Lacking modesty or shame; indelicate.
— Dian. Good my Lord, Aske him vpon his oath, if hee do’s thinke He had not my virginity. Kin. What ſaift thou to her? Ber. She’s impudent my Lord, And was a common gameſter to the Campe. Dia. He do’s me wrong my Lord: If I were ſo, He might haue bought me at a common price.
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English impudent, originally meaning immodest, shameless, from Latin impudēns (“shameless”), ultimately from in- + pudere (“to feel shame”).
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