characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct;
"the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
according with custom or propriety;
"her becoming modesty" "comely behavior" "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money" "a decent burial" "seemly behavior"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
He gave his wife a decorous kiss.他给了他太太得体的一吻。
This is an earnest and decorous book.这是一本严肃高雅的书。
Real wood door gives a person with sedate, decorous feeling.实木门给人以稳重、高雅的感觉。
