单词 | prig |
释义 | prig /prɪɡ/ noun [countable] STUPID/NOT SENSIBLEsomeone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave – used to show disapproval 一本正经的人,道学先生〔含贬义〕 Don’t be such a prig! It’s only a bit of harmless fun! 别这么一本正经!只是无伤大雅的玩笑而已! —priggish adjective a rather priggish, old-fashioned man 一本正经的守旧男子 —priggishness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusprig• Yet he was not a prig.• They informed him that he was a prig.• Hugh was a City prig of exemplary emotional repression.• I became an insufferable prig, too.• I used to be such a smug little prig.Origin prig (1600-1700) Probably from prig “showy man” ((17-19 centuries)), perhaps from prig “tinker, thief” ((16-19 centuries))prig nounChinese Corpus behaves shows a who someone and way in good morally |
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