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prim

音標[prim] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 整潔的, 端正的, 規規矩矩的, 呆板的, 拘謹的
vt. 弄整齊, 使顯出一本正經的表情
vi. 作出一本正經的樣子

詞型變化:

名詞:primness 形容詞比較級:primmer 最高級:primmest 動詞過去式:primmed 過去分詞:primmed 現在分詞:primming 第三人稱單數:prims 副詞:primly 

英文解釋:

動詞 prim:

  1. assume a prim appearance
  2. contract one's lips
  3. dress primly
    同義詞:prim up, prim out

形容詞 prim:

  1. affectedly dainty or refined
    同義詞:dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee
  2. exaggeratedly proper
    同義詞:priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

例句:

  1. Prim and sedate.
    嚴肅沉悶的
  2. You can't tell that joke to her she's much too prim and proper.
    可別給她講那樣的笑話--她這人過於古板認真

詳細解釋:


prim

adj.(形容詞)
prim.mer,prim.mest

Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
一本正經:過於準確或合適以致於造作的;過分端莊
Strait-laced; prudish.
嚴謹的,古板的,學究的
Neat and trim:
整潔的,整齊的:
例句:
a prim hedgerow.
整齊的灌木籬笆

v.(動詞)
primmed,prim.ming,prims
v.tr.(及物動詞)
To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression.
一本正經的:使(臉、嘴)顯出一本正經的表情
To make prim, as in dress or appearance.
使整潔:使在衣飾和外表方面整潔
v.intr.(不及物動詞)
To assume a prim expression.
做出一本正經的樣子

來源:
Possibly from obsolete prim [formal or demure person]
可能源自 廢語 prim [正式或假正經的人]
perhaps from Old French prin [first, delicate] * see prime
可能源自 古法文 prin [首先的,過分拘泥的] *參見 prime

【引伸】
prim.ly
adv.(副詞)
prim.ness
n.(名詞)

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

n.(名詞)
A privet.
水蠟樹

來源:
Short for obsolete primprint
廢語 primprint的簡寫
[of unknown origin]
[出處不明的]

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