Yahoo香港字典 搜尋

登入
  1. 更多

搜尋結果

  1. Oxford American Dictionary

    purdah

    • IPA[ˈpərdə]

    美式

    • n.
      the practice among women in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of living in a separate room or behind a curtain, or of dressing in all-enveloping clothes, in order to stay out of the sight of men or strangers；a curtain used for screening off women.

    • noun: purdah, plural noun: purdahs

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. the practice among women in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of living in a separate room or behind a curtain, or of dressing in all-enveloping clothes, in order to stay out of the sight of men or strangers he required them to observe purdah she was supposed to be in purdah upstairs
    • ▪ a curtain used for screening off women.
    • ▪ a state of seclusion or secrecy the supermarket's own self-imposed purdah on the GM issue expect the lawyers to re-emerge from their temporary purdah when the legislation is published