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prim sth
及物动词，表示使某物整洁。
She primmed her dress before the party.
她在派对前整理了自己的裙子。
摆出端庄拘谨的样子
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摆出端庄拘谨的样子
assume a prim appearance
She primmed her dress before the party.
她在派对前整理了自己的裙子。
装出端庄的样子
assume a prim appearance
缩起嘴唇
contract one's lips
端庄地穿着
dress primly
prim
Base
原形
prims
3rd person
第三人称单数
primming
-ing
现在分词
primmed
Past
过去式
primmed
Past participle
过去分词
She prims her hair every morning.
她每天早上精心梳理头发。
He primmed his clothes before the interview.
他在面试前整理好了衣服。
They have primmed the garden for the party.
他们已经为派对修剪整理好了花园。
She primmed her hair before the interview.
她在面试前仔细整理了一下头发。
He primmed his lips when he heard the gossip.
听到闲话时，他抿紧了嘴唇，露出一本正经的样子。
The teacher saw a student primming her uniform during class.
老师看到一个学生在课堂上整理自己的校服。
及物动词，表示使某物整洁。
She primmed her dress before the party.
她在派对前整理了自己的裙子。
反身用法，表示打扮或装出一本正经的样子。
He primmed himself in front of the mirror.
他在镜子前把自己打扮得整整齐齐。
固定搭配，指抿嘴表示不赞同或拘谨。
The teacher primmed her lips and frowned.
老师抿紧嘴唇，皱起了眉头。
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抿紧嘴唇
She primmed her lips and refused to answer.
她抿紧嘴唇，拒绝回答。
把自己收拾得端庄整洁
She primmed herself in front of the mirror.
她对着镜子把自己收拾得端庄整洁。
穿着端庄拘谨；打扮得一本正经
The old lady primmed herself up for church.
老太太为了去教堂把自己打扮得一本正经。
Use prim naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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把 prim 中的 m 看成抿紧的嘴唇，发音短促，联想“端庄拘谨地抿嘴/装样子”的动作。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或书面描写、描述神情、仪态或穿着 该动词义项多用于书面或文学描写，表示做出端庄、拘谨的样子，如抿紧嘴唇或穿着整洁。口语中较少单独使用。
同时用作及物动词和不及物动词；常见及物搭配如 prim one's lips
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