prissy

英 [ˈprɪsi]

美 [ˈprɪsi]

adj.  谨小慎微的; 大惊小怪的; 拘泥谨慎的

GRE

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
  1. too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
  2. so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
  Synonym:daintyniceovernicesqueamish
• exaggeratedly proper
  1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
  Synonym:priggishprimprudishpuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

双语例句

• 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。
• After prissy had gone, Scarlett went wearily into the downstairs hall and lit a lamp.
  百里茜走了以后，思嘉回到楼下过厅里，点上一盏灯。
• 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。
• Mr Brown is an interesting man; introspective and with perhaps a touch of prissy self-importance.
  布朗先生是一位有趣的人；他时而会反省自己，而且可能带有些许的自负。
• Flats like these are really cute but with a sexy party dress, they are too prissy.
  像这样的平底鞋是很可爱，但若要拿来配性感的晚宴服的话，就不够大方。
• I'll tell prissy to get an extra plate.
  我去多弄一个盘子。
• 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。
• 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。
• So Scarlett sent prissy down to warm up the breakfast hominy and feed him.
  这样思嘉只好打发百里茜下楼去热点玉米粥喂他。