prim /prɪm/

• 1. 

  ADJ If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything vulgar. 古板的 [表不满]

  例：

  We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.

  我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人非常古板、循规蹈矩。

• 2. 

  primly ADV 古板地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  We sat primly at either end of a long bench.

  我们古板地坐在一张长凳的两端。