prissy

My friend is so prissy about how the food is arranged on the plate that she refused to eat it.

我的朋友对食物在盘子里的摆放方式过分讲究，以至于不肯吃。

用法提示：本句中prissy表示对食物摆放谨小慎微、过分在意。

He turned down the shirt because the tag irritated his neck, which seemed a bit prissy to me.

他拒绝穿那件衬衫，因为标签磨脖子，这在我看来有点大惊小怪。

用法提示：prissy形容对标签不适反应过度，显得挑剔。

Don't be so prissy about the rules; we can bend them a little for this special case.

别对规则那么谨小慎微，这个特殊情况我们可以稍微变通一下。

用法提示：prissy表现出对规则过分拘泥、不敢变通。