单词:priggish
音标:['prigiʃ] ;
a. 一本正经的, 死板的, 自负的
s. exaggeratedly proper
词性分布:
priggish的用法和样例:
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- Tintin's slightly priggish character fitted the times.丁丁的稍有几分一本正经的性格与那个时代是相吻合的。
- There was a tiny, priggish, warning voice in my ears which in the tones of Collins told me it was seemly to hold back.我耳边响起一种微弱的,一本正经的,象科林斯的声音,警告我最好不要去。
词汇搭配
- prig一本正经的人...
经典引文
To these unhappy creatures Augustine addressed priggish rebukes.
出自:R. West'Alternative medicine doesn't interest me,' said Halina. She knew she sounded priggish.
出自:E. Feinstein
【近义词】
- straitlaced严格的
- square-toed方头鞋的
- puritanical极端拘谨的
- straight-laced古板拘谨的
- prim规规矩矩的
- prissy谨小慎微的
- tight-laced带子扣得很紧的...
- prudish过分拘谨的
- strait-laced固守道德观念的...
- straightlaced严格的