核心畫面

Clean, with nothing extra added. A life with sex kept out of it, a kiss with no second meaning, a dress with no pattern — in each case something has been deliberately left out, and the word treats that as a good thing rather than a lack.

chaste 的底圖可以想成「乾淨、沒有多加東西」。一個人的生活裡沒有把性帶進來,一個吻裡沒有多的意思,一件衣服上沒更多收起chaste 的底圖可以想成「乾淨、沒有多加東西」。一個人的生活裡沒有把性帶進來,一個吻裡沒有多的意思,一件衣服上沒有多的花樣——都是同一種「留白」。重要的是,這個字通常是稱讚:東西不是缺了,而是被刻意拿掉的。

From the word’s history

Wiktionary traces chaste from Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste ('morally pure'), from Latin castus ('pure'). The old root is about being clean, which is why the modern word stretches from how a person lives to how a dress looks.

Wiktionary 記 chaste 來自中古英語 chaste、古法文 chaste(道德上純淨),再往前是拉丁文 castus(純淨)。字根講的是「乾淨」,所以它今天既能講一個人的生活,也能講一件衣服的樣子。

Wiktionary extract supplied in packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:505570199, etymology_text "From Middle English chaste, from Old French chaste (morally pure), from Latin castus (pure)."

From the picture

樣式上的素淨

一樣是「什麼都沒有多加」,只是這次看的不是人,而是衣服、房間、設計和文字。

adjective · C1

Plain and simple in style, with no decoration and nothing showy added.

素淨的、樸素的

Also in this word

adjective · C1

Not having sex with anyone, or having sex only with the person you are married to. It describes how someone lives over a long time, not one single moment.

守貞的、貞潔的

adjective · C1

Used about a kiss, a touch or a look that has no sexual feeling in it.

不帶情慾的