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prim 音标拼音: [pr'ɪm]
a. 规规矩矩的,呆板的,拘谨的
vt. 弄整齐,把嘴闭紧
vi. 一本正经 规规矩矩的,呆板的,拘谨的弄整齐,把嘴闭紧一本正经 prim adj 1: affectedly dainty or refined [ synonym: { dainty}, { mincing}, { niminy- piminy}, { prim}, { twee}] 2: exaggeratedly proper; " my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn' t approve of my miniskirts" [ synonym: { priggish}, { prim}, { prissy}, { prudish}, { puritanical}, { square- toed}, { straitlaced}, { strait- laced}, { straightlaced}, { straight- laced}, { tight- laced}, { victorian}] v 1: assume a prim appearance; " They mince and prim" 2: contract one' s lips; " She primmed her lips after every bite of food" 3: dress primly [ synonym: { prim}, { prim up}, { prim out}] Privet \ Priv" et\, n. [ Cf. Scot. privie, Prov. E. prim- print, primwort. Prob. for primet, and perh. named from being cut and trimmed. See, { Prim}, a., and cf. { Prime} to prune, { Prim}, n., { Prie}, n.] ( Bot.) An ornamental European shrub ({ Ligustrum vulgare}), much used in hedges; -- called also { prim}. [ 1913 Webster] { Egyptian privet}. See { Lawsonia}. { Evergreen privet}, a plant of the genus { Rhamnus}. See { Alatern}. { Mock privet}, any one of several evergreen shrubs of the genus { Phillyrea}. They are from the Mediterranean region, and have been much cultivated for hedges and for fancifully clipped shrubberies. [ 1913 Webster]
Prim \ Prim\, n. [ See { Privet}.] ( Bot) The privet. [ 1913 Webster]
Prim \ Prim\, a. [ OF. prim, prin, prime, first, principal. sharp, thin, piercing, fr. L. primus first. See { Prime}, a.] Formal; precise; affectedly neat or nice; as, prim regularity; a prim person. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster]
Prim \ Prim\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Primmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Primming}.] To deck with great nicety; to arrange with affected preciseness; to prink. [ 1913 Webster]
Prim \ Prim\, v. i. To dress or act smartly. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " prim": Quakerish, Victorian, bluenosed, buckram, censorious, ceremonial, ceremonious, chipper, conventional, correct, decorous, demure, formal, genteel, hidebound, in buckram, mid- Victorian, narrow, neat, nice, old- maidish, orderly, overmodest, precise, prig, priggish, prissy, proper, prudish, puritanical, rigid, sanctimonious, shipshape, smug, snug, spick- and- span, starch, starched, stiff, stiff- necked, stilted, straight, straitlaced, stuffy, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well- groomed, wooden
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