prim
adjective/prɪm/
/prɪm/
(comparative primmer, superlative primmest)
- (disapproving) (of a person) always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude
一本正经的；循规蹈矩的；古板的 - You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper.
你可别跟她讲那个笑话，她这个人古板正经得要命。
Extra Examples- He had rather prim ideas about what things were suitable for the children.
关于什么东西适合孩子，他的想法相当古板。 - She knew she sounded prim.
她知道她听起来很拘谨。
- You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper.
- formal and neat
正式的；端庄的 - a prim suit with a high-necked collar
端庄的高领西服
- a prim suit with a high-necked collar
Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim ‘excellent, delicate’, from Latin primus ‘first’.