prim

英 [prɪm]

美 [prɪm]

adj. 一本正经的; 循规蹈矩的; 古板的; 正式的; 端庄的
v. （使）一本正经; 使整洁

最高级：primmest　过去分词：primmed　现在分词：primming　过去式：primmed　第三人称单数：prims　

BNC.20979 / COCA.19588

牛津词典

adj.

一本正经的；循规蹈矩的；古板的
always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude
1. 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。
正式的；端庄的
formal and neat
1. a prim suit with a high-necked collar
  端庄的高领西服

ADJ-GRADED 极拘谨的；一本正经的；古板的
If you describe someone asprim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything rude.
1. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
  我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。
2. ...a rather prim British spinster.
  一位极为古板的英国老处女
ADJ-GRADED 整洁的；得体的
If you describe something asprim, you mean that it is very neat, tidy, or sensible.
1. On her blonde wavy hair, the white hat looked nicely prim.
  这顶白色的帽子戴在她金色的卷发上显得非常雅致。

verb

adj

Mine is very prim and straight-laced.
我姑妈是很严肃的。
I'll be as prim as I can and not get into any scrapes, if I can help it.
我会尽量板着面孔，不去闯祸，如果我能做到的话。
He fails in his designs to become prim minister.
他当首相的企图落空了。
She had a very prim voice.
她说话的嗓音非常拘谨。
That prim declaration was strictly for george's consumption.
那份严肃的声明完全是供乔治一个人看的。
She's rather prim and precise.
她拘谨严肃，一丝不苟。
The little girl from the convent was in her prim white dress, with her small submissive face.
那个从修道院来的小姑娘穿着整洁的白外衣，一张温驯的小脸蛋。
Everyone in the restaurant looked very prim and proper.
餐厅里每个人都穿得很正式体面。
To make prim, as in dress or appearance. a neatly kept room
整洁的使在衣饰和外表方面整洁打扫得很整洁的房间
He can be without fun, prim ground to follow mom to go on even blacktop only.
他只能毫无乐趣、规规矩矩地跟着妈妈走在平坦的柏油路上。