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 had a very prim voice.
  她说话的嗓音非常拘谨。
• 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。
• Chicago family had as their guest a prim old maid from a small town in the East.
  一个东部小镇上的老处女来到芝加哥一户人家作客。
• Woman who is domineering, prim or easily shocked.
  专横、古板或大惊小怪的女子。
• NEW YORK-The women in the faded black-and-white photograph wear prim, full-length skirts and high collars.
  褪色黑白相片里面的几位女子穿著端庄的及地长裙和高领上衣。
• Yay for girls who don't try desperately hard to always be prim, proper and pretty.
  对于那些不试图努力的不顾一切的女孩，她们总是整洁，正确和漂亮。
• This paper is to make a contrast between Prim and Dijkstra in aspects of algorithm thought and schematic drawing.
  从算法思想、示意图进行分析比较，突出其不同点。
• But there is a prim instinct about somebody snapping at your heels, and it doesn't hurt.
  但当你感到有人快要咬到你脚后跟时，你的某种原始本能被会被激发出来，这对你没有坏处。
• 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。
• Mine is very prim and straight-laced.
  我姑妈是很严肃的。