wearing no clothes; naked 不穿衣服的,裸体的 a painting of a nude model. 一幅裸体模特画。 ■[attrib.]depicting or performed by naked people 描述裸体者的;由裸体者表演的 he was asked to act in a frank nude scene. 他被要求在全裸场景中演出。 ■of a pinkish-beige colour 略带粉红的米黄色的;肉色的 nude tights. 肉色贴身衣。
noun
a naked human figure, typically as the subject of a painting, sculpture, or photograph (尤指作为绘画、雕塑或摄影等主题的)裸体人像 a study of a kneeling nude. 一幅跪着的裸体人像习作。 ■(the nude)the representation of the naked human figure as a genre in art (作为艺术流派的)裸体画(或雕塑等)
常用词组 in the nude
in an unclothed state 赤身裸体 I like to swim in the nude. 我喜欢裸泳。
语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'plain, explicit'): from Latin nudus. The current sense is first found in noun use in the early 18th cent