prissy

英 [ˈprɪsi]

美 [ˈprɪsi]

adj.  谨小慎微的; 大惊小怪的; 拘泥谨慎的

GRE

BNC.37177 / COCA.24749

牛津词典

adj.

• 谨小慎微的；大惊小怪的；拘泥谨慎的
  too careful to always behave correctly and appearing easily shocked by rude behaviour, etc.

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 大惊小怪的；一本正经的；谨小慎微的
  If you say that someone isprissy, you are critical of them because they are very easily shocked by anything rude or bad.
  1. I grew to dislike the people from my background — they were rather uptight and prissy.
     我变得讨厌和我有着同样出身背景的人——他们太保守、太一本正经了。

英英释义

adj

• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
  1. too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
  2. so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
  Synonym:daintyniceovernicesqueamish
• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprudishpuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

双语例句

• Get that foolish prissy to pack her little duds.
  让那个傻女孩百里茜把她的小衣服收拾一下。
• Hey, prissy pants, don't wet yourself. I'm right here.
  嗨，当心你的裤子，别弄湿了，我在这里。
• PRISSY: I can't take care of that baby and sick folks too. I've only got two hands.
  碧西：我不能同时照顾病人和孩子，我只有两只手。
• After prissy had gone, Scarlett went wearily into the downstairs hall and lit a lamp.
  百里茜走了以后，思嘉回到楼下过厅里，点上一盏灯。
• If someone had started giving me prissy hand signals as I started to swear last week my rage attack would have got a lot uglier.
  如果我开始骂人时，就有人开始给我做谨小慎微的手势，那么我愤怒的攻击言语会糟糕得多。
• I'll take prissy too.
  我想把百里茜也带去。
• Prissy put down the child and obeyed.
  百里茜放下韦德，照她的吩咐去做了。
• PRISSY: Oh, Miss Scarlett, he's dead!
  碧西：噢，思嘉小姐，马死了。
• Flats like these are really cute but with a sexy party dress, they are too prissy.
  像这样的平底鞋是很可爱，但若要拿来配性感的晚宴服的话，就不够大方。
• Prissy began to bawl suddenly, loudly, the sound adding to scarlett's own uneasiness.
  百里茜突然大声嚎叫起来，那声音使思嘉越发不安了。