prissy

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprissypris‧sy /ˈprɪsi/ adjective informal OFFENDbehaving very correctly and easily shocked by anything rude – used to show disapproval —prissily adverb —prissiness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusprissy• She always irritated me - she was so prissy.• a look of prissy disapproval• To argue would be prissy, he decided.• I suppose if Rupert had not been a bear he might have been considered prissy, like Noddy.• Art Lux and Vinny Pearson, the newspapers, the party bigwigs, the whole prissy state of Minnesota.Origin prissy (1800-1900) Probably from prim + sissy

单词	prissy
释义	prissy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprissypris‧sy /ˈprɪsi/ adjective informal OFFENDbehaving very correctly and easily shocked by anything rude – used to show disapproval —prissily adverb —prissiness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusprissy• She always irritated me - she was so prissy.• a look of prissy disapproval• To argue would be prissy, he decided.• I suppose if Rupert had not been a bear he might have been considered prissy, like Noddy.• Art Lux and Vinny Pearson, the newspapers, the party bigwigs, the whole prissy state of Minnesota.Origin prissy (1800-1900) Probably from prim + sissy
随便看	get your teeth into something get your tongue around get your tongue around something get your way get your wind get your wind (back) get your wind back get your wings get your wires crossed get yourself get yourself in hot water get yourself something get yourself together get £100/$200 etc for something get £2,000/$4,000 etc for doing something get) in into a jam get) in of a jam get) out into a jam get) out of a jam get-go get-out clause get-up-and-go get/be cross (with somebody) get/be fresh with somebody get/be given a bad press