1530s, a legal term, "unsupported, not formally attested," from Latin nudus "naked, bare, unclothed, stripped" (see naked). General sense of "mere, plain, simple" attested from 1550s. In reference to the human body, meaning "unclothed," it is an artistic euphemism for naked, dating from 1610s (implied in nudity) but not in common use in this sense until mid-19c.
nude (n.)
"nude figure in visual art," 1708, from French nud, obsolete variant of nu "naked, nude, bare," from Latin nudus (see nude (adj.)).
雙語例句
1. She turned down ￡1.2 million to pose nude in Playboy.
她拒絕了為《花花公子》雜志拍攝裸照的120萬英鎊開價。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?
給你700萬美元要你裸體登上雜志，你會拒絕嗎？
來自柯林斯例句
3. Nude bathing is not allowed.
禁止裸泳.
來自柯林斯例句
4. In the reproduced bronze she is completely nude.