prim是什么意思

双语例句

(1)The prim young man can't stand the white lies of others.

这个古板的年轻人无法忍受别人善意的谎言。

(2)The prim child gradually became acquainted with his classmates.

这个拘谨的小孩渐渐地和周围的同学熟识起来。

(3)The young man primmed his mouth when he was on serious occasions.

这个年轻人在严肃的场合里都抿着嘴显出一本正经的表情。

(4)She's much too prim and proper to drink pints of beer.

她太拘谨太规矩了 滴酒不沾

(5)She's rather prim and precise.

她拘谨严肃，一丝不苟。

(6)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。

(7)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非常古板、循规蹈矩。

(8)They mince and prim and pout.

她们矫揉造作，一本正经还撅着嘴。

(9)May is always prim and proper.

梅总是很端正且很体面。

同义词

adj. 拘谨的；整洁的；呆板的

同根词

词根 prim

(1)prime adj. 主要的；最好的；基本的adv. 极好地n. 初期；青年；精华；全盛时期vi. 作准备vt. 使准备好；填装

(2)primly adv. 拘谨地

(3)primer n. 初级读本；识字课本；原始物

(4)primality n. 原始；首要；根本；素性

(5)primness n. 呆滞；拘谨；一本正经

释义

adj.

stiffly formal and respectable; feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper

拘谨的，古板的；一本正经的

a very prim and proper lady.

一位循规蹈矩非常古板的女士。

v.

purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression

抿（嘴，唇）显出一本正经的表情

Laurie primmed up his mouth.

劳里抿着嘴。

类似拼写词

prim adj. 拘谨的；古板的；一本正经的

prime adj. 首要的；主要的；最好的；头等的；一流的；【数】 素（或质）数的（如２

词源

"late 17th cent. （as a verb）： probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim ‘excellent, delicate'， from Latin primus ‘first’."

(1)I see her in my sister Prim.

在我心中，她就像我的妹妹。《The Hunger Games: Catching Fire》《饥饿游戏2：星火燎原》

(2)I get to kill Snow. I expected no less of you. Then I vote yes for Prim.

我要亲手处决斯诺。肯定的。那我同意，为了波丽姆。《The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2》《饥饿游戏3：嘲笑鸟(下)》