prim

adjective

/prɪm/

(comparative primmer, superlative primmest)

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(disapproving) (of a person人) always behaving in a careful and formal way, and easily shocked by anything that is rude一本正经的；循规蹈矩的；古板的
- You can't tell her that joke—she's much too prim and proper.你可别跟她讲那个笑话；她这个人古板正经得要命。
Extra Examples
- He had rather prim ideas about what things were suitable for the children.关于什么东西适合孩子，他的想法相当古板。
- She knew she sounded prim.她知道自己听起来很古板。
formal and neat正式的；端庄的 synonym demure
- a prim suit with a high-necked collar端庄的高领西服

Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a verb): probably ultimately from Old French prin, Provençal prim ‘excellent, delicate’, from Latin primus ‘first’.