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- excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
- too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
- so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
- Synonym: dainty nice overnice squeamish
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- exaggeratedly proper
- my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts
- Synonym: priggish prim prudish puritanical square-toed straitlaced strait-laced straightlaced straight-laced tight-laced victorian
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If someone had started giving me prissy hand signals as I started to swear last week my rage attack would have got a lot uglier .
如果我开始骂人时,就有人开始给我做谨小慎微的手势,那么我愤怒的攻击言语会糟糕得多。
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I grew to dislike the people from my background — they were rather uptight and prissy .
我变得讨厌和我有着同样出身背景的人——他们太保守、太一本正经了。
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I 'll tell prissy to get an extra plate .
我去多弄一个盘子。
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She sat upright and gave Prissy a push to speed her feet .
她直着腰背坐起来,推了百里茜一把,叫她快跑。
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Prissy climbed in and took the baby in her arms .
百里茜爬进来把婴儿抱在怀里。
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Not really , unless you were acting all prissy and demanding .
也不见得,除非你当时又霸道又烦人
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PRISSY : Oh , Miss Scarlett , he 's dead !
碧西:噢,思嘉小姐,马死了。
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She had a prissy way of talking .
她说起话来总是一本正经的样子。
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Prissy rolled her eyes as she looked about her .
百里茜转动着两只眼睛向四下里看了看。
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And sudden fright was in Prissy 's black face .
百里茜黝黑的脸上突然一片惊慌。
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Now , the sight of so many buildings and people completed prissy 's demoralization .
此刻,这么多的建筑物和人进一步把她迷惑住了。
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Prissy , looking up , saw her and her mouth opened to yell .
这时百里茜也抬头看见了她,她正要张嘴叫她。
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Prissy put down the child and obeyed .
百里茜放下韦德,照她的吩咐去做了。
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At school I was a prissy kid , too concerned with the way I looked to enjoy sport .
在学校的时候我是一个拘谨的孩子,过分关注自己的形象以至于无法尽情享受体育的乐趣。
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Pork , you and prissy crawl under the house and get the pigs out .
波克,你和百里茜钻到屋基底下把猪赶出来。
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In the name of Heaven , Pa , three thousand ! And you didn 't need to buy Prissy !
爸爸,我的天,三千哪!再说,你也用不着买百里茜呀!
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She did recall a few things and she spoke to prissy rapidly , authority in her voice .
只有几件事情她还记得,于是她用一种命令的语气急急对百利子吩咐着。
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" The sow done bit prissy and got her penned up under the house . "
“母猪咬了百里茜,俺把它关在房子下面了。”
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Prissy quickened her gait infinitesimally and Scarlett went back into the house .
百里茜这才稍稍加快了脚步,思嘉也回到屋里来。
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PRISSY : I 'm packing , Miss Scarlett .
碧西:收拾东西,思嘉小姐。
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She turned to Prissy and spoke with feverish urgency .
她转向百利子,十分迫切地同她讲话。
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I 'll take prissy too .
我想把百里茜也带去。
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PRISSY : I can 't take care of that baby and sick folks too . I 've only got two hands .
碧西:我不能同时照顾病人和孩子,我只有两只手。
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If she thought of these things , she 'd begin to scream and bawl like prissy .
要是她还一心去想那些事情,她就会像百里茜那样嚎叫起来了。
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Flats like these are really cute but with a sexy party dress , they are too prissy .
像这样的平底鞋是很可爱,但若要拿来配性感的晚宴服的话,就不够大方。
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Her voice sounded prissy and false .
她说话的腔调显得拘谨而做作。
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" She warn 't dar ," said Prissy .
“她不在,”百里茜说。
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Virtue , until its very recent revival , has sounded old-fashioned or even prissy to our modern ears .
美德,直到最近的复兴运动之前,一直都显得老旧,甚至在当代人耳里变得拘谨又烦人。
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Pork , Mammy and prissy set up outcries at the idea of working in the fields .
波克、嬷嬷和百里茜一想到要下大田干活,便大声嚷嚷起来。
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Mr Brown is an interesting man ; introspective and with perhaps a touch of prissy self-importance .
布朗先生是一位有趣的人;他时而会反省自己,而且可能带有些许的自负。