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
- Prissy, looking up, saw her and her mouth opened to yell.
这时百里茜也抬头看见了她,她正要张嘴叫她。 - He yelled just as loudly when she held him as when Prissy did.
她抱着同百里茜抱着一样,他还是那么大声嚎哭。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - PRISSY: Oh, Miss Scarlett, he's dead!
碧西:噢,思嘉小姐,马死了。 - At school I was a prissy kid, too concerned with the way I looked to enjoy sport.
在学校的时候我是一个拘谨的孩子,过分关注自己的形象以至于无法尽情享受体育的乐趣。 - Bought her and her little wench, prissy.
买了她和她的小女儿百里茜。 - Prissy put down the child and obeyed.
百里茜放下韦德,照她的吩咐去做了。 - PRISSY: I'm packing, Miss Scarlett.
碧西:收拾东西,思嘉小姐。