英 [ˈprɪsi] 美 [ˈprɪsi]
adj. 为小事挂虑的;谨小慎微的;神经质的
比较级prissier或more prissy
最高级prissiest或most prissy
prissy /ˈprɪsɪ/ [ prissier prissiest ]
形容词 If you say that someone is prissy, you are critical of them because they are very easily shocked by anything vulgar or bad. 一本正经的; 谨小慎微的
I grew to dislike the people from my background – they were uptight and prissy.
我开始讨厌和我有相同背景的人-他们很保守,总是一本正经的。
exaggeratedly proper
同义词: priggish / prim / prudish / puritanical / square-toed / straitlaced / strait-laced / straightlaced / straight-laced / tight-laced / victorian
... valetudinarian n. 过分担心生病的人,体弱的人 prissy adj. 为小事挂虑的,谨小慎微的,神经质的 solicitous adj. 挂念的;热切的 ...
... principal adj.主要的,重要的,首要的 prissy adj.谨小慎微的,神经质的,为小事挂虑的 pristine adj.原来的,古时的,原始的,纯净的,无垢的 ...
... prig 自命不凡者,道学先生 prissy 谨小慎微的,神经质的,为小事挂虑的 procreate 生育 ...
为小事挂虑的;谨小慎微的;神经质的
I grew to dislike the people from my background – they were uptight and prissy.
我开始讨厌和我有相同背景的人-他们很保守,总是一本正经的。
How can it be else but true, Prissy?
普丽西,这怎么可能不是真的呢?
Look you, Prissy, an' it were not true, it would be a lie.
你听着,普丽西,那不是真的,那是个谎言。
Long-haired and prissy and so pretty she could have played young Dejah Thoris.
When Wiig finally breaks free, she has a ball imitating the prissy condescension that Byrne assumed for the role.
Members will need to be less prissy and fastidious, less prone to faint every time things get rough or go wrong.