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单词 prissy
释义
prissy
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈprɪs.i/us
/ˈprɪs.i/
caringtoo much aboutbehavinganddressingin a way that isconsideredcorrectand that does notshock:
（行为和衣着）拘谨的；一丝不苟的；刻板的
Mysistertold me that my prissyattitudeannoysher.我姐姐告诉我，我拘谨的态度让她不悦。
Synonyms
priggishdisapproving
strait-laceddisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Narrow-minded
  • be set inyourwaysidiom
  • be wearing blindersidiom
  • be wearing blinkersidiom
  • blinder
  • blinker
  • blinkered
  • closed-minded
  • intolerantly
  • myopia
  • myopic
  • narrow-minded
  • narrow-mindedness
  • non-thinking
  • parochial
  • prude
  • prudish
  • prudishly
  • prudishness
  • short-sightedly
  • tunnel vision
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(Definition ofprissyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprissy

prissy
The public then—as now, in my view—had more wit thanprissy, bossy, censors.
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Is that to be kicked aside by someprissycivilian manager in the name of corporate policy or competition, or some other commercial slogan?
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I am not asking for someprissy, puritan control of programmes.
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He was a bit patronising andprissythis evening.
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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.
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Although that might sound a littleprissyand pompous, it is true.
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I give these two disparate examples to show that we must not beprissyabout this.
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We must not be tooprissyabout such things these days.
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However, she also has a fiery temper and can sometimes be snobby, spoiled,prissyand pretentious.
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Prissysays that she can help out with the birth.
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Other roles were as a strict, officious andprissyperson in an authority role.
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In the first draft of the script she was written more, in my opinion,prissy.
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She is described as somewhatprissyand socially outcasted.
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She had long, elaborately curled hair, acted veryprissyand spoiled - yet underneath, she could display a vicious and manipulative personality.
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Critics said that the women are portrayed as materialistic andprissy.
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