prim meaning in English
adj.
1.整洁的。
2.一本正经的；丝毫不苟的；古板的。
vt.
(-mm-)
1.使(面孔)摆出一本正经的样子。
2.整洁地打扮，装饰。
vi.
装出一本正经的模样。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
Examples
- Priscilla, you're being altogether too prim and proper .
普丽西拉，你真是一本正经，一板一眼了。 - Meg is so prim she won't let me speak to him when we pass .
麦格又那么一本正经，我们对面穿过都不让我跟他搭腔。 - I'll be as prim as i can and not get into any scrapes, if i can help it .
我会面孔铁板，一本正经的，假如我留点神，准不会出洋相。 - She was a prim ugly woman of forty-three, who wore glasses and had sparse hair .
这位太太年华四十三，其貌不扬，态度拘谨，鼻架眼镜，头发已稀疏。 - The little girl from the convent was in her prim white dress, with her small submissive face .
那个从修道院来的小姑娘穿着整洁的白外衣，一张温驯的小脸蛋。