prim

/prɪm/ 11sat
If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything vulgar. 古板的

adjective [原级]拘谨的;整洁的;呆板的

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。

verb [vt. 及物动词]vt. 使显得一本正经;把……打扮得整整齐齐

She's rather prim and precise.
她拘谨严肃,一丝不苟。

verb [vi. 不及物动词]vi. 显得一本正经

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。

noun [专属名词](Prim)人名;(法、德、匈、捷、瑞典、西、葡)普里姆

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。

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