purdah
英 ['pɜːdə]
美['pɝdə]
- n. 帷幕；窗帘；深闺制度
英英释义
- 1. a state of social isolation
- 2. the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded
- 3. a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
实用场景例句
- to be in purdah
- 不公开露面
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
中文词源
purdah （某些穆斯林妇女不见外男的）内房制度
来自波斯语pardah,窗帘，帘布，面纱，来自古波斯语pari,周围，围起来，词源同peri-,-dah,放置，来自PIE*dhe,放置，词源同do.
双语例句
- 1. to be in purdah
- 不公开露面
来自《权威词典》
- 2. With the technics of purdah water, surface sinking of area can be prevented.
- 采用帷幕注浆堵水工艺可防止大面积地表塌陷的发生.
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英文词源
- purdah (n.)
- 1800, from Urdu and Persian pardah "veil, curtain," from Old Persian pari "around, over" (from PIE *per- (1); see per-) + da- "to place", from PIE *dhe- "to set, put" (see factitious).