prim
英 [prɪm]
美 [prɪm]
- adj. 拘謹的；整潔的；呆板的
- vt. 使顯得一本正經；把…打扮得整整齊齊
- vi. 顯得一本正經
- n. (Prim)人名；(法、德、匈、捷、瑞典、西、葡)普裏姆
助記提示
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。
中文詞源
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.後引申詞義過分注重舉止的，一本正經的，古板的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
- 我們傾向於把維多利亞時代的人想象得非常古板、中規中矩。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. She's too prim to enjoy rude jokes!
- 她太古板,不喜歡聽粗野的笑話!
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》