prim
英語
编辑發音
编辑詞源 1
编辑源自 普羅旺斯方言 prim (“細膩、優秀”),源自古法語 prim,prin,源自Template:Lena 拉丁語 primus (“首先”)。prime 的同源對似詞。
形容詞
编辑prim (比較級 primmer,最高級 primmest)
- 拘謹的
- 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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- 正式的;精確的;故作整潔或漂亮
- prim regularity; a prim person
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衍生術語
编辑動詞
编辑prim (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 prims,現在分詞 primming,一般過去時及過去分詞 primmed)
詞源 2
编辑不詳;見 privet。
名詞
编辑prim