英语词汇“prim”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

prim

(prɪm )

1. adjective

If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude. [disapproval]

We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.

Synonyms: prudish, particular, formal, proper

primly adverb [ADVERB with verb]

We sat primly at either end of a long settee.

She sipped her tea primly.

2. graded adjective

If you describe something as prim, you mean that it is very neat, tidy, or sensible.

On her blonde wavy hair, the white hat looked nicely prim.

单词	prim
释义	prim (prɪm ) 1. adjective If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude. [disapproval] We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. Synonyms: prudish, particular, formal, proper primly adverb [ADVERB with verb] We sat primly at either end of a long settee. She sipped her tea primly. 2. graded adjective If you describe something as prim, you mean that it is very neat, tidy, or sensible. On her blonde wavy hair, the white hat looked nicely prim.
随便看	out of range out of scale out of service out of shape out of sight out of sight, out of mind out of sight, out of mind out of sorts out-of-state out of step out of stock out of sync out of sync/in sync, out of synch/in synch out of the blue out of the blue out of the box out of the frying pan into the fire out of the loop out of the ordinary out of the picture out of the picture out of the question out of the running out of the top drawer out-of-the-way