prim

英 [pr?m] 美[pr?m]

英英釋義實用場景例句

GRE擴展詞匯

副詞:?primly;

1、prim- => prim.
2、古板，古也，like first age people, like ancient people.
3、古板的。=> 拘謹的，一本正經的，端端正正的。
4、就像原始人似的，非常古板、呆板、拘謹，一點也不靈活、變通、自在。

prim 一本正經的，古板的

來自古法語prim,精致的，精確的，來自拉丁語primus,最早的，最好的，詞源同prime.后引申詞義過分注重舉止的，一本正經的，古板的。

prim: prim: [18] Prim etymologically means ‘first’. It comes from Old French prime, the feminine form of prin ‘fine, excellent’, which went back to Latin prīmus ‘first’ (source of English prime). The English meaning developed through a derogatory ‘overrefined’.
=> first, prime
prim: 1680s (v.) "to assume a formal, precise demeanor," perhaps from French prim "thin, small, delicate," from Old French prim "fine, delicate," from Latin primus "finest," literally "first" (see prime (adj.)). Later, "deck out, dress to effect" (1721). Attested as a noun from 1700. The adjective, the sole surviving sense, is from 1709. A cant word at first. Related: Primly; primness.

1. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.: 我們傾向于把維多利亞時代的人想象得非常古板、中規中矩。

2. On her blonde wavy hair, the white hat looked nicely prim.: 這頂白色的帽子戴在她金色的卷發上顯得非常雅致。

3. You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper .: 你可別跟她講那個笑話，她這個人古板正經得要命。

5. It was a strange conjunction — the prim serious young Queen and the elderly, cynical Whig.: 那是奇特的組合——古板嚴肅的年輕女王和上了年紀、玩世不恭的維新黨成員相組合.