名詞 puritan:

1. a member of a group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries thought that the Protestant Reformation under Elizabeth was incomplete and advocated the simplification and regulation of forms of worship
2. someone who adheres to strict religious principles; someone opposed to sensual pleasures
3. a person excessively concerned about propriety and decorum
   同義詞：prude

形容詞 puritan:

1. morally rigorous and strict
   同義詞：blue, puritanic, puritanical

1. A colony of Puritans settled in Plymouth.
   一群清教徒在普里茅斯定居下來。
2. As a Puritan, he is strict in moral and religion.
   作為清教徒，他的道德和宗教觀念都很嚴(yán)格。
3. He is too much of a puritan to enjoy dancing.
   他在生活上過于奉行清教徒式的原則，所以不能領(lǐng)略跳舞的樂趣。

Pu.ri.tan

n.（名詞）
A member of a group of English Protestants who in the 'th and 7th centuries advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England.
清教徒：興起于'和7世紀(jì)的英國新教徒一派的成員，主張嚴(yán)格的宗教原則和英國教堂的儀式及教義的從簡
puritan One who lives in accordance with Protestant precepts, especially one who regards pleasure or luxury as sinful.
puritan 清教徒似的人：尤指那些把快樂或奢侈看作罪惡的根據(jù)新教戒律生活的人
adj.（形容詞）
Of or relating to the Puritans or Puritanism.
屬于或有關(guān)清教徒或清教主義的
puritan Characteristic of a puritan; puritanical.
puritan 具有清教徒特點的；清教徒似的

來源：
From Late Latin pôrit3s [purity] on the model of Medieval Latin Kathari [.the Pure Ones,. a third-century sect of rigorist heretics]
源自 后期拉丁語 pôrit3s [純潔] 仿照 中世紀(jì)拉丁語 Kathari [.純潔的人們，.3世紀(jì)作風(fēng)嚴(yán)格的異教徒的一個派別]
from Latin pôrus [pure] * see peu…-
源自 拉丁語 pôrus [純潔的] *參見 peu…-