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prim

/prim/US // prɪm //UK // (prɪm) //

底漆,底层,骁将,初步

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    prim·mer, prim·mest.

    • : formally precise or proper, as persons or behavior; stiffly neat.
    • : excessively demure or modest.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    primmed, prim·ming.

    • : to draw up the mouth in an affectedly nice or precise way.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    primmed, prim·ming.

    • : to make prim, as in appearance.
    • : to draw into a prim expression.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.particular, fussy
Synonyms
demure腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装correct正确的,正确,纠正,更正spruce云杉,云杉树,云杉木,杉木stickling粘性,粘贴,粘着,粘连tidy整洁,整洁的,整齐的,整齐uncluttered畅通无阻,简洁的,简洁,清晰的victorian维多利亚时代,胜利者,维多利亚式,维多利亚blue-nose蓝鼻子,蓝鼻,蓝鼻子的人,蓝鼻子的ceremonial仪式性的,仪式,仪式性,仪式感ceremonious隆重的,隆重,仪式性的,隆重地choosy挑剔的,挑剔,挑剔的人,挑三拣四cleanly干净地,清洁地,干净利落地,干净利落conventional常规的,传统的,常规,传统dapper潇洒,帅气的,潇洒的,帅气decorous装饰性的,装饰性,装饰的,装饰fastidious迅速,迅速的,勤奋的,勤奋formal正式的,正式,正式场合genteel文雅,文雅的,文绉绉的,文诌诌good很好,不错,好,好的goody-goody好样的,好孩子,乖巧可爱,乖巧nice不错的,很好,很好的,不错nit-picking吹毛求疵,挑剔,评头论足,挑刺orderly秩序井然,有序的,秩序井然的,有序overmodest过度谦虚,过度谦逊,过分谦虚,过度温和polite以礼相待,以客为尊,以礼待人precise准确,精确,准确的,精密priggish假冒的,傲慢的人,傲慢无礼,傲慢的prissy娇气的,娇气,娘娘腔,娘娘腔的proper适当的,适当,恰当的,恰当prudish假正经的,假正经,小心翼翼,假正经的人puritanical清教徒,清教徒的,清教徒教徒,虔诚的rigid刚性,僵化,刚性的,僵硬的shipshape船形,船型,船形图,船型图spic-and-span整齐划一,整齐划一的,整齐划一地,整洁干净stiff僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬straight直,直接,笔直的,直的strait-laced狭隘的,狭义的,狭路相逢,拮据的stuffy闷闷不乐,闷热,闷,闷热的upright直立的,直立,直立式的,正直的well-groomed衣着整齐的,衣着整齐,衣冠楚楚,衣着整洁wooden木制,木质,木制的,木质的

Examples

  • Each aimed to reform my behavior and return me to my classmates as a prim and proper student.

  • Like the prim society debutantes at its center, Bridgerton, Netflix’s new, sumptuous historical romance series produced by Shonda Rhimes, has proven to be as controversial as it is popular.

  • Glenda, who is 68 and has lived at Bronxwood for over seven years, wears square transition lenses and tucks her gray hair into a prim, low bun.

  • Goldblum, himself looking prim with a porcelain saucer and teacup in hand, says he found this “wildly touching.”

  • The dresses she has worn at the Convention have both been from Talbot's, the discount yet stil prim-and-proper chain store.

  • When her 12-year-old sister, Prim, is selected to compete in the Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to go instead.

  • In her mug shot, she looks so prim in her shawl-collared coat, with its horizontal weave, buttoned up high and proper.

  • Sometimes his leather jackets were sporty and rakish, at others they were sculpted into prim, hourglass shapes.

  • The music pealed with wonderful sweetness; you could see the prim white heads of the nuns in their gallery.

  • In so doing—it was like going suddenly into cold water—I found myself face to face with a prim, little old maid.

  • Her mother's cousin stood in the doorway—a prim little old spinster, who had been their guest for several days.

  • Shortly after getting clear of Point Prim, the vessel shipped a sea which broke open the gangways.

  • That would be to make it formal, prim—anything but graceful.