Wordiyoprim
🇬🇧 UK/prim/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Excessively formal, neat, or proper in manner or appearance; prudish
一本正经的，拘谨的，过分规矩的
v.
To make one's expression or appearance stiffly neat or demure
摆出一本正经的样子；使整洁端庄
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derived=prim
Common Collocations
- 1.prim and proper循规蹈矩、一本正经
- 2.prim appearance拘谨的外表
- 3.look prim显得过分正经
- 4.prim manner古板的举止
Example Sentences
- 1.
She gave a prim smile and refused to join in the laughter.
- 2.
The prim librarian frowned whenever students spoke above a whisper.
- 3.
He sat prim and upright throughout the entire ceremony.