/'pjʊərɪtən; `pjurətn/
n
1 Puritan member of the party of English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted simpler forms of church ceremony 清教徒（16世纪和17世纪英国基督教新教徒之一派, 主张简化宗教仪式）
*[attrib 作定语] the Puritan settlers in New England 移民到新英格兰的英国清教徒.
2 (usu derog 通常作贬义) person who is extremely strict in morals and who tends to regard pleasure as sinful 道德上极拘谨, 视享乐为罪恶的人; 禁欲者; 苦行者
*the puritans who wish to clean up television 希望净化电视内容的道学先生.

adj
1 Puritan of or relating to a Puritan or Puritanism 清教徒的; 清教主义的; 禁欲的; 苦行的.2 = puritanical.

n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin;Origin: puritas 'purity', from Latin purus; PURE]
someone with strict moral views who thinks that pleasure is unnecessary and wrong
Puritan
a member of a Protestant religious group in the 16th and 17th centuries, who wanted to make religion simpler
>puritanadj
　the Puritan work ethic