prurient
prurient[ˈprʊərɪənt]adjective- having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
好色的,淫秽的;引起淫欲的
she'd been the subject of much prurient curiosity.
她曾是个很能引起淫思的对象。
派生pruriencenounpruriencynounprurientlyadverb语源- late 16th cent. (in the sense 'having a mental itching'): from Latin prurient- 'itching, longing' and 'being wanton', from the verb prurire
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