prim

英 [prɪm]

美 [prɪm]

adj.  一本正经的; 循规蹈矩的; 古板的; 正式的; 端庄的
v.  （使）一本正经; 使整洁

最高级：primmest　过去分词：primmed　现在分词：primming　过去式：primmed　第三人称单数：prims　

GRE

BNC.20979 / COCA.19588

牛津词典

adj.

• 一本正经的；循规蹈矩的；古板的
  always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude
  1. 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。
• 正式的；端庄的
  formal and neat
  1. a prim suit with a high-necked collar
     端庄的高领西服

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 极拘谨的；一本正经的；古板的
  If you describe someone asprim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.
  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。
  2. ...a rather prim British spinster.
     一位极为古板的英国老处女
• ADJ-GRADED 整洁的；得体的
  If you describe something asprim, you mean that it is very neat, tidy, or sensible.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• dress primly
  Synonym:prim upprim out
• contract one's lips
  1. She primmed her lips after every bite of food
• assume a prim appearance
  1. They mince and prim

adj

• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprissyprudishpuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian
• affectedly dainty or refined
  Synonym:daintymincingniminy-piminytwee

双语例句

• She's rather prim and precise.
  她拘谨严肃，一丝不苟。
• I'll be as prim as I can and not get into any scrapes, if I can help it.
  我会尽量板着面孔，不去闯祸，如果我能做到的话。
• Nothing disturbs the smug beliefs of some prim, narrow-minded people.
  对一些呆板的，胸襟狭小的人没有事情可以扰乱臭屁的信念。
• Woman who is domineering, prim or easily shocked.
  专横、古板或大惊小怪的女子。
• You can't tell that joke to her she's much too prim and proper.
  可别给她讲那样的笑话&她这人过于古板和认真。
• He can be without fun, prim ground to follow mom to go on even blacktop only.
  他只能毫无乐趣、规规矩矩地跟着妈妈走在平坦的柏油路上。
• The little girl from the convent was in her prim white dress, with her small submissive face.
  那个从修道院来的小姑娘穿着整洁的白外衣，一张温驯的小脸蛋。
• Everyone in the restaurant looked very prim and proper.
  餐厅里每个人都穿得很正式体面。
• We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper
  我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人们都一本正经，谨言慎行。
• That prim declaration was strictly for george's consumption.
  那份严肃的声明完全是供乔治一个人看的。