prim

1. ADJ If you describe someone as prim, you disapprove of them because they behave too correctly and are too easily shocked by anything vulgar. 古板的[表不满]

We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper. 我们往往认为维多利亚时代的人非常古板、循规蹈矩。

2. primlyADV 古板地[ADV with v]

We sat primly at either end of a long bench. 我们古板地坐在一张长凳的两端。