Prim

(verb.) dress primly.

(verb.) contract one's lips; 'She primmed her lips after every bite of food'.

(verb.) assume a prim appearance; 'They mince and prim'.

编辑:凯利

• As for you, Amy, continued Meg, you are altogether too particular and prim. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Dear me,' said the prim man in the cloth boots, 'it is a very extraordinary circumstance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• But Aunt March had not this gift, and she worried Amy very much with her rules and orders, her prim ways, and long, prosy talks. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• It was my first visit to the scene of the crime--a high, dingy, narrow-chested house, prim, formal, and solid, like the century which gave it birth. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• His prim seat on horseback struck me altogether as too formidable. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Maxim, the prim young Russian with the smooth, warm-coloured face and black, oiled hair was the only one who seemed to be perfectly calm and sober. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• So am I,' responded the prim man, 'because I know it would have afforded so much amusement. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• If the Laurences had been what Jo called 'prim and poky', she would not have got on at all, for such people always made her shy and awkward. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• You have made Helen prim. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• I've played the part of a prim young lady on the stage, and I'll try it off. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

录入:威廉姆斯