prissy

C2 FREQ #30666

a. 谨小慎微的, 大惊小怪的, 为小事挂虑的

发音

其它 /ˈpɹɪsi/

词形变化

prissies 复数 prissies prissier 比较级 prissier prissiest prissiest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who is prissy.

    非正式 罕用

    1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I really like Beau. He sure enjoys being admired & lusted over. He just lays back like a king & enjoys. What a prissy!

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Prim and fussy; too precise; overparticular.

    非正式
  2. 2.

    Lacking masculine vigor; sissified; effeminate.

    非正式 贬义
  3. 3.

    Well-mannered; well-behaved.

    非正式

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

nice dainty squeamish prim prudish puritanical Victorian overnice priggish square-toed

近义相关 2

proper fastidious

词源

1895, either an alteration of precise, blend of prim + sissy, or a blend of prim + fussy; first attested in a work of American writer Joel Chandler Harris.

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