prissy
英 [ˈprɪsi]
美 [ˈprɪsi]
adj. 谨小慎微的; 大惊小怪的; 拘泥谨慎的
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.- 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。
- I grew to dislike the people from my background — they were rather uptight and prissy.
英英释义
adj
- excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
- too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
- so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
- exaggeratedly proper
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
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。