prig

FREQ #49753

n. 一本正经的人, 纨绔子弟

发音

AU /pɹɪɡ/

词形变化

prigs 复数 prigs prigged prigging prigs 三单 prigging 现在分词 prigged 过去式 prigged 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.

  2. 2.

    A conceited dandy; a fop.

    古体
  3. 3.

    A tinker.

    爱尔兰 英国 古体
  4. 4.

    A petty thief or pickpocket.

    爱尔兰 英国 古体
v.
  1. 1.

    To filch or steal.

    古体 俚语

    to prig a handkerchief

  2. 2.

    To ride.

  3. 3.

    To copulate.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

snot snob snoot

相关短语

parish prig

词源

UK 16th century. Of unknown origin. Earlier noun senses ("tinker" and "thief"), as hyponyms of "undesirable person", may have informed later senses ("conceited person").

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