prim

英[prɪm] 美[prɪm]
  • adj. 规规矩矩的；古板的；拘谨的；庄重的
  • v. （使）一本正经；使整洁
primly primmer primmest primness primmed primmed primming prims
GRE
星级词汇:
  • prim adj.规规矩矩的；古板的；拘谨的；庄重的v.（使）一本正经；使整洁

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. affectedly dainty or refined

  2. exaggeratedly proper;

    "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"

Verb:
  1. assume a prim appearance;

    "They mince and prim"

  2. contract one's lips;

    "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"

  3. dress primly

双语例句

1. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。

来自柯林斯例句

2. On her blonde wavy hair, the white hat looked nicely prim.
这顶白色的帽子戴在她金色的卷发上显得非常雅致。

来自柯林斯例句

3. You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper .
你可别跟她讲那个笑话，她这个人古板正经得要命。

来自《权威词典》

4. She's too prim to enjoy rude jokes!
她太古板,不喜欢听粗野的笑话!

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. It was a strange conjunction — the prim serious young Queen and the elderly, cynical Whig.
那是奇特的组合——古板严肃的年轻女王和上了年纪 、 玩世不恭的维新党成员相组合.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. He is prim and precise in manner.
      他的态度一本正经而严谨。
    2. She's too prim to enjoy rude jokes!
      她太古板,不喜欢听粗野的笑话！
    3. You can't tell her that joke---she's much too prim and proper.
      你可别跟她讲那个笑话；她这个人古板正经得要命。
    4. Even Mr. Fleagle stopped two or three times to hold back a small prim smile.
      就连弗利格尔先生也停顿了两三次好抑制他那一丝拘谨的微笑。
    5. a prim little dress with a white collar
      带有白色衣领的十分端庄的连衣裙

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相关词汇

【邻近词汇】

prima prig primp primy primum Primio primin primly primiue primite Primuli Primbas
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