英语词汇“niminy-piminy”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

niminy-piminy

/ˌnɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪni

adjective

Affectedly prim or refined: she had a niminy-piminy ladylike air...

And so it has gone on, leaving tea to be the preserve of a niminy-piminy minority of the American upper-crust, who don't appear to know how to make it properly either.
No longer is Art Theft a refined craft of niminy-piminy alarm evasion, but more and more a matter of going in with all the guns blazing.
Who can ever forget Jo in Little Women, who was really Louisa, the girl who, when reproved for whistling by Amy, the art-loving sister, says: ‘I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!’

Late 18th century: fanciful coinage; compare with namby-pamby.

单词	niminy-piminy
释义	niminy-piminy /ˌnɪmɪnɪˈpɪmɪni / adjective Affectedly prim or refined: she had a niminy-piminy ladylike air... And so it has gone on, leaving tea to be the preserve of a niminy-piminy minority of the American upper-crust, who don't appear to know how to make it properly either. No longer is Art Theft a refined craft of niminy-piminy alarm evasion, but more and more a matter of going in with all the guns blazing. Who can ever forget Jo in Little Women, who was really Louisa, the girl who, when reproved for whistling by Amy, the art-loving sister, says: ‘I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!’ Origin Late 18th century: fanciful coinage; compare with namby-pamby. Rhymes Rimini
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