| 单词 | prig |
| 释义 | prig From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprigprig /prɪɡ/ noun [countable]STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEsomeone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave – used to show disapprovalDon’t be such a prig! It’s only a bit of harmless fun! —priggish adjectivea rather priggish, old-fashioned man —priggishness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusprig• Yet he was not a prig.• They informed him that he was a prig.• Hugh was a City prig of exemplary emotional repression.• I became an insufferable prig, too.• I used to be such a smug little prig.Origin prig (1600-1700) Probably from prig “showy man” ((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from prig “tinker, thief” ((16-19 centuries)) |
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