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

• It is rather like the sitting room of a prim aunt.
  这里更像是一位爱整洁的姑母的起居室。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Terry: She's so prim and stiff, like a bookcase.
  她太呆板，僵硬了，像个书架。
• 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。
• To make prim, as in dress or appearance. a neatly kept room
  整洁的使在衣饰和外表方面整洁打扫得很整洁的房间
• Mine is very prim and straight-laced.
  我姑妈是很严肃的。