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单词 prim
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prim

adjective
/prɪm/
/prɪm/
(comparative primmer, superlative primmest)
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  1. (disapproving) (of a person) always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude
    • You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper.
    Extra Examples
    • He had rather prim ideas about what things were suitable for the children.
    • She knew she sounded prim.
  2. formal and neat synonym demure
    • a prim suit with a high-necked collar
  3. Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim ‘excellent, delicate’, from Latin primus ‘first’.
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