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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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