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 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。
• 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。
• PRISSY: I can't take care of that baby and sick folks too. I've only got two hands.
  碧西：我不能同时照顾病人和孩子，我只有两只手。
• PRISSY: I'm packing, Miss Scarlett.
  碧西：收拾东西，思嘉小姐。
• 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。
• In the name of Heaven, Pa, three thousand! And you didn't need to buy Prissy!
  爸爸，我的天，三千哪！再说，你也用不着买百里茜呀！
• She sat upright and gave Prissy a push to speed her feet.
  她直着腰背坐起来，推了百里茜一把，叫她快跑。
• 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 put down the child and obeyed.
  百里茜放下韦德，照她的吩咐去做了。