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primp

/primp/US // prɪmp //UK // (prɪmp) //

底漆,初始化,底层,初步

Related Words

prepare准备,预备,编写,筹备groom马夫,新郎,培养,训练slick滑溜溜的,油嘴滑舌,滑溜溜,光滑的preen矫枉过正,矫治,矫饰spruce云杉,云杉树,云杉木,杉木titivate钛酸酯,钛酸盐,滴水不漏,钛白粉dress up打扮,妆扮,装扮,妆饰fix up整理,修整,修理,修理好smarten聪明,智能化,精明,聪明人deck out装修,装修完毕,摆设,摆放gussy up梳妆打扮,梳洗打扮,修饰,打扮spiff穗花,穗花牌

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to dress or adorn with care.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to groom oneself carefully: The photographer waited while we primped.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbbeautify and dress nicely
Synonyms
groom马夫,新郎,培养,训练preen矫枉过正,矫治,矫饰prepare准备,预备,编写,筹备slick滑溜溜的,油嘴滑舌,滑溜溜,光滑的spruce云杉,云杉树,云杉木,杉木titivate钛酸酯,钛酸盐,滴水不漏,钛白粉deck out装修,装修完毕,摆设,摆放dress up打扮,妆扮,装扮,妆饰fix up整理,修整,修理,修理好get dressed up穿衣打扮,穿着打扮,着装,打扮gussy up梳妆打扮,梳洗打扮,修饰,打扮smarten聪明,智能化,精明,聪明人spiff穗花,穗花牌

Examples

  • For the first time in decades, Hollywood could—without looking retrograde—fill its frames with hot girls in tight clothes who lived to shop, primp and have sex.

  • The mood becomes tender, fluid, and unbearably wistful when the bar boys primp in front of their own mirror.

  • But does encouraging women to primp and doll—in the name of equal rights—really foster equality?

  • He aint git fur 'fo' he see Brer Fox comin' down de road all primp up.

  • The boys ran off to "primp," and what the girls did to make themselves lovely, Libbie said "was a caution!"

  • "I reckon the gals wouldn't primp so much either if they could see the insides of their prize-packages," he returned.

  • She ran to the mirror for a final primp before he should see her.

  • There was one season in particular that I was careful to primp up and look sassy.

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