| 词汇 | prissy |
| 释义 | prissy adjective disapprovinguk /ˈprɪs.i/ us /ˈprɪs.i/ caring too much about behaving and dressing in a way that is considered correct and that does not shock: （行为和衣着）拘谨的;一丝不苟的;刻板的 My sister told me that my prissy attitude annoys her.我姐姐告诉我，我拘谨的态度让她不悦。 Synonyms priggishdisapproving strait-laceddisapproving Narrow-minded be set in your waysidiom be wearing blindersidiom be wearing blinkersidiom blinker blinkered closed-minded intolerantly myopia myopic myopically narrow-minded narrow-mindedly narrow-mindedness prissily provinciality provincially prude prudish unreconstructed unthinking Related wordprissily Examples of prissyprissy The public then—as now, in my view—had more wit than prissy, bossy, censors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that to be kicked aside by some prissy civilian manager in the name of corporate policy or competition, or some other commercial slogan? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not asking for some prissy, puritan control of programmes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was a bit patronising and prissy this evening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of them have even been described by friends of mine in industry as pompous and "prissy" in varying degrees, and even prim and prudish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although that might sound a little prissy and pompous, it is true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I give these two disparate examples to show that we must not be prissy about this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not be too prissy about such things these days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, she also has a fiery temper and can sometimes be snobby, spoiled, prissy and pretentious. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Prissy says that she can help out with the birth. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Other roles were as a strict, officious and prissy person in an authority role. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the first draft of the script she was written more, in my opinion, prissy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is described as somewhat prissy and socially outcasted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She had long, elaborately curled hair, acted very prissy and spoiled - yet underneath, she could display a vicious and manipulative personality. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Critics said that the women are portrayed as materialistic and prissy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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