prig

/prig/US // prɪg //UK // (prɪɡ) //

悭吝鬼,悭吝,挑剔的人,悭吝人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.

nounprude

Forms: prigs

Synonyms

Before forty there is yet a chance that the budding ninny may desert, and degenerate into a prig, a Philistine, or a physician.
Stephen was not a prig and she recognized the justice of his arguments, but he was rather hard and his views were too clear-cut.
He's a bit of a prig—in fact, he's as priggish as he well can be—but he's never done anything but run straight.
This man is difficult to judge; he was a man of poor physique, naturally timid, and a prig.
The letter describes a small boy who was "a very earnest vegetarian" and a super-prig into the bargain.