動(dòng)詞 prim:

1. assume a prim appearance
2. contract one's lips
3. dress primly
   同義詞：prim up, prim out

形容詞 prim:

1. affectedly dainty or refined
   同義詞：dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, twee
2. exaggeratedly proper
   同義詞：priggish, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straitlaced, strait-laced, straightlaced, straight-laced, tight-laced, victorian

1. Prim and sedate.
   嚴(yán)肅沉悶的
2. You can't tell that joke to her she's much too prim and proper.
   可別給她講那樣的笑話--她這人過於古板和認(rèn)真。

prim

adj.（形容詞）
prim.mer,prim.mest

Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
一本正經(jīng)：過于準(zhǔn)確或合適以致于造作的；過分端莊的
Strait-laced; prudish.
極嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)模虐宓?，學(xué)究的
Neat and trim:
整潔的，整齊的：
例句：
a prim hedgerow.
整齊的灌木籬笆

v.（動(dòng)詞）
primmed,prim.ming,prims
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression.
一本正經(jīng)的：使（臉、嘴）顯出一本正經(jīng)的表情
To make prim, as in dress or appearance.
使整潔：使在衣飾和外表方面整潔
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To assume a prim expression.
做出一本正經(jīng)的樣子

來源：
Possibly from obsolete prim [formal or demure person]
可能源自 廢語 prim [正式或假正經(jīng)的人]
perhaps from Old French prin [first, delicate] * see prime
可能源自 古法語 prin [首先的，過分拘泥的] *參見 prime

【引伸】
prim.ly
adv.（副詞）
prim.ness
n.（名詞）

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prim
prim 2

n.（名詞）
A privet.
水蠟樹

來源：
Short for obsolete primprint
廢語 primprint的簡(jiǎn)寫
[of unknown origin]
[出處不明的]