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
- Get that foolish prissy to pack her little duds.
让那个傻女孩百里茜把她的小衣服收拾一下。 - Virtue, until its very recent revival, has sounded old-fashioned or even prissy to our modern ears.
美德,直到最近的复兴运动之前,一直都显得老旧,甚至在当代人耳里变得拘谨又烦人。 - 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。 - 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。 - Now, the sight of so many buildings and people completed prissy's demoralization.
此刻,这么多的建筑物和人进一步把她迷惑住了。 - 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。 - Bought her and her little wench, prissy.
买了她和她的小女儿百里茜。 - She did recall a few things and she spoke to prissy rapidly, authority in her voice.
只有几件事情她还记得,于是她用一种命令的语气急急对百利子吩咐着。 - 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。 - If she thought of these things, she'd begin to scream and bawl like prissy.
要是她还一心去想那些事情,她就会像百里茜那样嚎叫起来了。