prim
名词 n.
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A prim person.
- privet
动词 v.
- To make one's expression prim.
- To give a prim or demure expression to (one's face, mouth, or (rare) lips).
- To dress (one) up affectedly or demurely.
形容词 adj.
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Of a person, their manner or appearance: Formal and precise; stiffly decorous.
— Philemon was in great Surprize, And hardly could believe his Eyes, Amaz’d to ſee her look ſo prim; And ſhe admir’d as much at him.
- Of a person: Prudish; straight-laced.
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Of things: Neat; trim.
— prim regularity
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
Of uncertain origin.
In the verb sense, first appeared in Thomas D'Urfey's A Fool's Preferment in the year 1688.
In the noun sense, first appeared in A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew in the year 1699, meaning "prig." Now obsolete.
In the adjective sense, first appeared in Sir Richard Steele's The Funeral in the year 1702, meaning "consciously or affectedly strict or precise; stiffly formal and respectable."
Oxford English Dictionary proposed a relation with primp and prink. Chiefly Scottish and U.S.
In the verb sense, first appeared in Thomas D'Urfey's A Fool's Preferment in the year 1688.
In the noun sense, first appeared in A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew in the year 1699, meaning "prig." Now obsolete.
In the adjective sense, first appeared in Sir Richard Steele's The Funeral in the year 1702, meaning "consciously or affectedly strict or precise; stiffly formal and respectable."
Oxford English Dictionary proposed a relation with primp and prink. Chiefly Scottish and U.S.
词源 2
Unknown; see privet.
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