square-toed

• 过时的形容词，形容一个人过分保守、拘泥形式或严守行为规矩。

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is excessively conventional, formal, or conservative in behavior or manners.

1. Exaggeratedly properC1informal

   Having or showing very strict, conventional, or old-fashioned manners and attitudes.

   过分古板的

   • His square-toed views on dating made him unpopular at parties.
   • She gave a square-toed speech about the importance of tradition.
   • The old professor was known for his square-toed approach to literature.

   同义词conventionalformalfuddy-duddyold-fashionedpriggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalrigidstaidstodgystrait-lacedstrictstuffyuptightvictorian

   反义词hipmoderntrendy

2. Having a square toeB2formal

   Describes a shoe or boot that has a toe box shaped like a square.

   方头的

   • He wore a pair of square-toed leather boots.
   • Square-toed shoes were fashionable in the 1990s.
   • The cobbler specialized in making square-toed footwear.