prig
美音:
[prıg
]英音:
[prıg
]n.一本正经的人
难易程度:
prig为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:priggishly 形容词:priggish 名词:priggery 动词过去式:prigged 过去分词:prigged 现在分词:prigging 第三人称单数:prigs
prig
/prɪg; prɪˇ/
n (derog 贬) person who behaves as ifhe were morally superior to everyone else, and disapprovesof what others do; self-righteous person 自以为道德高尚的人; 道学先生.
prig
n[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from prig 'showy man' (17-19 centuries), perhaps from prig 'tinker, thief' (16-19 centuries)]
someone who behaves in a morally good way and shows that they disapprove of the way other people behave - used to show disapproval
Don't be such a prig! It's only a bit of harmless fun!
>priggishadj
a rather priggish, old-fashioned man
>priggishnessn[U]