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单词 prim
释义
primprim /prɪm/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINprim
Origin:
1700-1800 Perhaps from Old French prin ‘excellent, fine’, from Latin primus; PRIME1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a prim bouquet of white flowers
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He had written her several letters, and had had two prim replies.
  • Her blush faded; she made herself prim.
  • His mouth was set in a prim, pained expression of disapproval.
  • Sometimes a student would make a grammatical error in the course of an answer and Martinez would counter with a prim correction.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a very prim and proper young lady
1very formal and careful in the way you speak and behave, and easily shocked by anything rude:  She looked prim and nervous in her best hat and coat. a very prim and proper young lady2prim clothes are neat and formal:  a prim suitprimly adverb
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