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

• Prissy rolled her eyes as she looked about her.
  百里茜转动着两只眼睛向四下里看了看。
• 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。
• PRISSY: Oh, Miss Scarlett, he's dead!
  碧西：噢，思嘉小姐，马死了。
• 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。
• Prissy quickened her gait infinitesimally and Scarlett went back into the house.
  百里茜这才稍稍加快了脚步，思嘉也回到屋里来。
• 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。
• 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。
• PRISSY: I'm packing, Miss Scarlett.
  碧西：收拾东西，思嘉小姐。
• 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。
• She had a prissy way of talking.
  她说起话来总是一本正经的样子。