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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• PRISSY: Oh, Miss Scarlett, he's dead!
  碧西：噢，思嘉小姐，马死了。
• 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。
• She had a prissy way of talking.
  她说起话来总是一本正经的样子。
• Bought her and her little wench, prissy.
  买了她和她的小女儿百里茜。
• 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。