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BNC: 20979 COCA: 19588
prim
prɪm prɪm
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

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 lookvery / 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
Careful and cautious: careful, cautious, thorough...
In a careful and cautious way: thoroughly, closely, gently...

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