prim

动词 prim:

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

形容词 prim:

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

1. Prim and sedate.
   严肃沉闷的
2. You can't tell that joke to her she's much too prim and proper.
   可别给她讲那样的笑话--她这人过於古板和认真。

prim

adj.（形容词）
prim.mer,prim.mest

Precise or proper to the point of affectation; excessively decorous.
一本正经：过于准确或合适以致于造作的；过分端庄的
Strait-laced; prudish.
极严谨的，古板的，学究的
Neat and trim:
整洁的，整齐的：
例句：
a prim hedgerow.
整齐的灌木篱笆

v.（动词）
primmed,prim.ming,prims
v.tr.（及物动词）
To fix (the face or mouth) in a prim expression.
一本正经的：使（脸、嘴）显出一本正经的表情
To make prim, as in dress or appearance.
使整洁：使在衣饰和外表方面整洁
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To assume a prim expression.
做出一本正经的样子

来源：
Possibly from obsolete prim [formal or demure person]
可能源自 废语 prim [正式或假正经的人]
perhaps from Old French prin [first, delicate] * see prime
可能源自 古法语 prin [首先的，过分拘泥的] *参见 prime

【引伸】
prim.ly
adv.（副词）
prim.ness
n.（名词）

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prim
prim 2

n.（名词）
A privet.
水蜡树

来源：
Short for obsolete primprint
废语 primprint的简写
[of unknown origin]
[出处不明的]