参考词典中prissy的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 谨小慎微的,神经质的,为小事挂虑的
词形变化
- 比较级:pris·si·er, pris·si·est名 词:pris'si·ness副 词:pris'si·ly
英英解释
2个形容词解释
- exaggeratedly proper
[同] priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straightlaced, straight-laced, straitlaced, strait-laced, tight-laced, victorian
[例]- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
- excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
[同] dainty, nice, overnice, prissy, squeamish
[例]- too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
- so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
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