prim的中文翻譯是什麼意思

prim

US/prɪm/
UK/prɪm/

adj. 循規蹈矩的; 整潔的; (人)一本正經

prim柯林斯釋義

ADJ-GRADED極拘謹的;一本正經的;古板的

If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.

  • We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.

    我們傾向於把維多利亞時代的人想象得非常古板、中規中矩。

  • ...a rather prim British spinster.

    一位極為古板的英國老處女

ADJ-GRADED整潔的;得體的

If you describe something as prim, you mean that it is very neat, tidy, or sensible.

  • On her blonde wavy hair, the white hat looked nicely prim.

    這頂白色的帽子戴在她金色的捲髮上顯得非常雅緻。

prim英文釋義

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

    Adjective

    1. affectedly dainty or refined

      2. exaggeratedly proper;

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

      prim場景例句

      You can't tell that joke to her she's much too prim and proper.

      可別給她講那樣的笑話 -- 她這人過於古板和認真.

      Priscilla, you're being altogether too prim and proper.

      普麗西拉, 你 真 是一本正經,一板一眼了.

      He wore prim suits with neckties set primly against the collar buttons of his white shirts.

      他穿著整潔的外套,領結緊貼著白色襯衫領口的鈕釦.

      It was a strange conjunction the prim serious young Queen and the elderly, cynical Whig.

      那是奇特的組合——古板嚴肅的年輕女王和上了年紀 、 玩世不恭的維新黨成員相組合.

      To me he looked to be sixty or seventy and excessively prim.

      我看他有六七十歲了,古板之極.

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      prim詞性變形

      primly