English主要词典
austere
Universal Words
adjective
1 simple and plain; without any decorations:
her austere bedroom with its simple narrow bed * Their clothes were always austere.
2 (of a person) strict and serious in appearance and behaviour:
My father was a distant, austere man.
3 allowing nothing that gives pleasure; not comfortable:
the monks' austere way of life
austerely adverb
