Purdah
n. 窗帘, 帷幕
📖 牛津释义
purdah
n[U]
(system in Muslim and Hindu societies of) keeping women from public view by means of a veil, curtain, etc 妇女用面纱、 帘幕等隔开公众视线的做法; 穆斯林社会和印度社会的深闺制度
keep sb/be/live in purdah, ie concealed in this way 使某人身处於深闺之中[身居深闺]
(fig infml 比喻, 口) I've got a lot of urgent work to do at home and will have to go into purdah for a couple of weeks. 我有许多紧要的工作须在家里做, 因此要有几个星期足不出户.
🗣️ 情景例句
Good-bye.
再见。
Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.
虎落平阳被犬欺。
Farm labourers said that they always woke up to find that work had been done overnight.
雇工们说，常常一早起来发现有人在夜里把活干了，