prissy

英 [ˈprɪsi]

美 [ˈprɪsi]

adj. 谨小慎微的; 大惊小怪的; 拘泥谨慎的

BNC.37177 / COCA.24749

牛津词典

adj.

谨小慎微的；大惊小怪的；拘泥谨慎的
too careful to always behave correctly and appearing easily shocked by rude behaviour, etc.

ADJ-GRADED 大惊小怪的；一本正经的；谨小慎微的
If you say that someone isprissy, you are critical of them because they are very easily shocked by anything rude or bad.
1. I grew to dislike the people from my background — they were rather uptight and prissy.
  我变得讨厌和我有着同样出身背景的人——他们太保守、太一本正经了。

adj

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
1. too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
2. so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
Synonym:daintyniceovernicesqueamish
exaggeratedly proper
1. my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
Synonym:priggishprimprudishpuritanicalsquare-toedstraitlacedstrait-lacedstraightlacedstraight-lacedtight-lacedvictorian

So Scarlett sent prissy down to warm up the breakfast hominy and feed him.
这样思嘉只好打发百里茜下楼去热点玉米粥喂他。
Prissy put down the child and obeyed.
百里茜放下韦德，照她的吩咐去做了。
I'll take prissy too.
我想把百里茜也带去。
If it wasn't for Melanie she could take Wade and Prissy and hide in the woods where the Yankees could never find them.
要不是为了媚兰，她还可以带着韦德和百里茜到树林里去，那里北方佬是怎么也找不到他们的。
Pork, you and prissy crawl under the house and get the pigs out.
波克，你和百里茜钻到屋基底下把猪赶出来。
She had a prissy way of talking.
她说起话来总是一本正经的样子。
Mr Brown is an interesting man; introspective and with perhaps a touch of prissy self-importance.
布朗先生是一位有趣的人；他时而会反省自己，而且可能带有些许的自负。
Now, the sight of so many buildings and people completed prissy's demoralization.
此刻，这么多的建筑物和人进一步把她迷惑住了。
Prissy rolled her eyes as she looked about her.
百里茜转动着两只眼睛向四下里看了看。
She did recall a few things and she spoke to prissy rapidly, authority in her voice.
只有几件事情她还记得，于是她用一种命令的语气急急对百利子吩咐着。