prissy

英 [ˈprɪsi]

美 [ˈprɪsi]

adj.  谨小慎微的; 大惊小怪的; 拘泥谨慎的

GRE

BNC.37177 / COCA.24749

牛津词典

adj.

• 谨小慎微的；大惊小怪的；拘泥谨慎的
  too careful to always behave correctly and appearing easily shocked by rude behaviour, etc.

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 大惊小怪的；一本正经的；谨小慎微的
  If you say that someone isprissy, you are critical of them because they are very easily shocked by anything rude or bad.
  1. I grew to dislike the people from my background — they were rather uptight and prissy.
     我变得讨厌和我有着同样出身背景的人——他们太保守、太一本正经了。

英英释义

adj

• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
  1. too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
  2. so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
  Synonym:daintyniceovernicesqueamish
• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprudishpuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

双语例句

• She had a prissy way of talking.
  她说起话来总是一本正经的样子。
• Flats like these are really cute but with a sexy party dress, they are too prissy.
  像这样的平底鞋是很可爱，但若要拿来配性感的晚宴服的话，就不够大方。
• In the name of Heaven, Pa, three thousand! And you didn't need to buy Prissy!
  爸爸，我的天，三千哪！再说，你也用不着买百里茜呀！
• Get that foolish prissy to pack her little duds.
  让那个傻女孩百里茜把她的小衣服收拾一下。
• Prissy rolled her eyes as she looked about her.
  百里茜转动着两只眼睛向四下里看了看。
• PRISSY: I'm packing, Miss Scarlett.
  碧西：收拾东西，思嘉小姐。
• At school I was a prissy kid, too concerned with the way I looked to enjoy sport.
  在学校的时候我是一个拘谨的孩子，过分关注自己的形象以至于无法尽情享受体育的乐趣。
• So Scarlett sent prissy down to warm up the breakfast hominy and feed him.
  这样思嘉只好打发百里茜下楼去热点玉米粥喂他。
• Prissy began to bawl suddenly, loudly, the sound adding to scarlett's own uneasiness.
  百里茜突然大声嚎叫起来，那声音使思嘉越发不安了。
• If someone had started giving me prissy hand signals as I started to swear last week my rage attack would have got a lot uglier.
  如果我开始骂人时，就有人开始给我做谨小慎微的手势，那么我愤怒的攻击言语会糟糕得多。