prim是什么意思_prim怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

prim: prim: [18] Prim etymologically means ‘first’. It comes from Old French prime, the feminine form of prin ‘fine, excellent’, which went back to Latin prīmus ‘first’ (source of English prime). The English meaning developed through a derogatory ‘overrefined’.
=> first, prime
prim: 1680s (v.) "to assume a formal, precise demeanor," perhaps from French prim "thin, small, delicate," from Old French prim "fine, delicate," from Latin primus "finest," literally "first" (see prime (adj.)). Later, "deck out, dress to effect" (1721). Attested as a noun from 1700. The adjective, the sole surviving sense, is from 1709. A cant word at first. Related: Primly; primness.

词态变化

副词 primly;

1. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.: 我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。

2. On her blonde wavy hair, the white hat looked nicely prim.: 这顶白色的帽子戴在她金色的卷发上显得非常雅致。

3. 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。

5. It was a strange conjunction — the prim serious young Queen and the elderly, cynical Whig.: 那是奇特的组合——古板严肃的年轻女王和上了年纪、玩世不恭的维新党成员相组合.

prim. (=primary)...

prim algorithm 普里姆算法

prim and proper 古板的

prim out phr. 衣着整齐，衣着拘谨

prim and proper 循规蹈矩的，一本正经的

prim up phr. 循规蹈矩地

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1、prim- => prim.
2、古板，古也，like first age people, like ancient people.
3、古板的。=> 拘谨的，一本正经的，端端正正的。
4、就像原始人似的，非常古板、呆板、拘谨，一点也不灵活、变通、自在。