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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

      双语例句

      • Pork, you and prissy crawl under the house and get the pigs out.
        波克,你和百里茜钻到屋基底下把猪赶出来。
      • 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。
      • He yelled just as loudly when she held him as when Prissy did.
        她抱着同百里茜抱着一样,他还是那么大声嚎哭。
      • I'll tell prissy to get an extra plate.
        我去多弄一个盘子。
      • I'll take prissy too.
        我想把百里茜也带去。
      • If it wasn't for Melanie she could take Wade and Prissy and hide in the woods where the Yankees could never find them.
        要不是为了媚兰,她还可以带着韦德和百里茜到树林里去,那里北方佬是怎么也找不到他们的。
      • So Scarlett sent prissy down to warm up the breakfast hominy and feed him.
        这样思嘉只好打发百里茜下楼去热点玉米粥喂他。
      • She had a prissy way of talking.
        她说起话来总是一本正经的样子。
      • 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。
      • She sat upright and gave Prissy a push to speed her feet.
        她直着腰背坐起来,推了百里茜一把,叫她快跑。