prim

参见：Prim、prím、Prìm、prím- 和 přím

英语

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/pɹɪm/, [pʰɹ̠̊ɪm]

  • 音频（英格兰南部）

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• 韵部：-ɪm

词源 1

源自 普罗旺斯方言 prim (“细腻、优秀”)，源自古法语 prim，prin，源自Template:Lena 拉丁语 primus (“首先”)。prime的同源对似词。

形容词

prim (比较级 primmer，最高级 primmest)

1. 拘谨的
   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     God damn it, what does she want of me, this sad, beautiful bridgeplayer of the Fifth Floor, with her air of lost love and her prim carnality? After seven years of her, Brotherhood still had no idea. He'd be out touring the stations, he'd be in Bongabonga land. He'd not speak or write to her for months. Yet he'd hardly unpacked his toothbrush before she was in his arms, demanding him with her sad and hungry eyes.

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2. 正式的；精确的；故作整洁或漂亮

   prim regularity; a prim person

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衍生术语

• prim and proper
• prissy

动词

prim (第三人称单数简单现在时 prims，现在分词 primming，一般过去时及过去分词 primmed)

1. (过时) 矫饰地精确或恰当。
2. (过时) 穿着得体或举止得体。

词源 2

不详；见 privet。

名词

prim

1. (植物学) 女贞