decorous
decorous 英 [ˈdekərəs] 美 [ˈdɛkərəs, dɪˈkɔrəs, -ˈkor-]
adj. 有礼貌的，高雅的；端正的
- Something that is decorous is dignified, proper, and in good taste, like your decorous great-aunt who always wears a dress — even when she's only headed to the grocery store.
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- adj. 有礼貌的，高雅的；端正的
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1. It's a very mannered, decorous language.
是一种非常礼貌且高雅的语言。
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2. The green eyes in the carefully sweet face were turbulent, willful, lusty with life, distinctly at variance with her decorous demeanor .
那双绿色的眼睛生在一张甜美的脸上，却仍然是任性的，充满活力的，与她的装束仪表很不相同。
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3. The whole tribe of decorous personages, who had never heretofore been seen with a single hair of their heads awry, would start into public view, with the disorder of a nightmare in their aspects.
那伙衣冠楚楚的人物，平素里从来没人见过他们有一丝头发散乱，此时也会遭了梦魇股的衣冠不整地就跑到了众人眼前。
- decorous (adj.) 1660s, from Latin decorus "becoming, seemly, fitting, proper," from decus (genitive decoris) "an ornament," "to decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify," from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept." Related: Decorously; decorousness.
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