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prim

音标[prim]

汉语翻译

a. 整洁的, 端正的, 规规矩矩的, 呆板的, 拘谨的
vt. 弄整齐, 使显出一本正经的表情
vi. 作出一本正经的样子

词型变化

名词:primness 形容词比较级:primmer 最高级:primmest 动词过去式:primmed 过去分词:primmed 现在分词:primming 第三人称单数:prims 副词:primly

英语解释

动词 prim:

assume a prim appearance
contract one's lips
dress primly
同义词：prim up, prim out

形容词 prim:

affectedly dainty or refined
同义词：dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee
exaggeratedly proper
同义词：priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

例句

Prim and sedate.
严肃沉闷的
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--她这人过於古板和认真。

详细解释

prim

adj.（形容词）
prim.mer,prim.mest

Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
一本正经：过于准确或合适以致于造作的；过分端庄的
Strait-laced; prudish.
极严谨的，古板的，学究的
Neat and trim:
整洁的，整齐的：
例句：
a prim hedgerow.
整齐的灌木篱笆

v.（动词）
primmed,prim.ming,prims
v.tr.（及物动词）
To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression.
一本正经的：使（脸、嘴）显出一本正经的表情
To make prim, as in dress or appearance.
使整洁：使在衣饰和外表方面整洁
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To assume a prim expression.
做出一本正经的样子

来源：
Possibly from obsolete prim [formal or demure person]
可能源自废语 prim [正式或假正经的人]
perhaps from Old French prin [first, delicate] * see prime
可能源自古法语 prin [首先的，过分拘泥的] *参见 prime

【引伸】
prim.ly
adv.（副词）
prim.ness
n.（名词）

---------------另--------------
prim
prim 2

n.（名词）
A privet.
水蜡树

来源：
Short for obsolete primprint
废语 primprint的简写
[of unknown origin]
[出处不明的]

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