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BNC: 20979 COCA: 19588
prim
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1 ADJ-GRADED 极拘谨的；一本正经的；古板的 If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude. 极拘谨的；一本正经的；古板的 [disapproval]

  • 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。

  • ...a rather prim British spinster.

    一位极为古板的英国老处女

SYN prudish, particular, formal, proper
primly

  • We sat primly at either end of a long settee.

    我们非常拘谨地坐在长椅的两头。

  • She sipped her white wine primly.

    她很拘谨地呷了一口白葡萄酒。

2 ADJ-GRADED 整洁的；得体的 If you describe something as prim, you mean that it is very neat, tidy, or sensible. 整洁的；得体的

  • 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。

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BNC: 20979 COCA: 19588
BNC: 20979 COCA: 19588
prim

adjective

prim ♦︎ demure ♦︎ prudishThese words all describe sb who behaves in a careful way and is easily shocked by anything connected with sex. 这些词均表示循规蹈矩的、古板守旧的、性观念保守的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a prim / demure look◆very / rather prim / prudish■ prim (especially written, disapproving) always behaving in a careful, formal way and easily shocked by anything that is rude 一本正经的；循规蹈矩的；古板的◆He had rather prim ideas about what things were suitable for the children.关于什么东西适合孩子，他的想法相当古板。◆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。▸ primly

adverb

◆'You're not supposed to say that,' she said primly.“你不该讲那样的话。”她一本正经地说。■ demure dɪˈmjʊə(r); NAmE dɪˈmjʊr (especially written) (of a woman or girl) behaving in a way that does not attract attention to herself or her body; quiet and serious; suggesting that a woman or girl is like this （女子）娴静的，端庄的◆a demure young woman娴静的年轻女子◆She wore the demure dresses approved of by her father.她穿的都是父亲会赞成的庄重连衣裙。▸ demurely

adverb

◆She sat with her eyes demurely downwards.她坐在那儿，娴静地垂下双眸。■ prudish ˈpruːdɪʃ (disapproving) easily shocked by things connected with sex （对性问题）大惊小怪的，迂腐守旧的◆She can be quite prudish.她在性问题上相当传统守旧。◆He grew up in the prudish moral climate of the late nineteenth century.他在19世纪末期迂腐的道德环境中长大。
BNC: 20979 COCA: 19588
prim
Words used to describe someone who is easily upset: sensitive, moody, prim...
Careful and cautious: careful, cautious, thorough...
Words used to describe clothes: A-line, backless, baggy...
In a careful and cautious way: thoroughly, closely, gently...
Dressed and wearing clothes of a particular type: arrayed in something, attired, bespectacled...

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