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Primp Vain V.(妇女)刻意打扮 英 V.(妇女)刻意打扮(To Dress Groom Oneself

单词 primp
音标 [primp]
解释 v.(妇女)刻意打扮
红宝书 【英】 v.(妇女)刻意打扮(to dress and groom oneself carefully)
【考】 primp : vain / gloat : smug(刻意打扮是虚荣的表 现/满意凝视是自鸣得 意的表现)
【记】 prim(最早,最好)+p →向最好处打扮
【例】 Anne primped for 30 minutes before going to the party.
字源 primp (v.)
1801, probably an extension of prim (q.v.) in its verbal "dress up" sense; compare Scottish primpit (c.1739) "delicate, nice." Related: Primped; primping.
不择手段背单词 v. 打扮(妇女过分注意细节地修饰或整理)
【记】prim(adj 最早的, 最好的), p屁-把屁股向最好处打扮-过分打扮
【类】primp: vain = gloat: smug刻意打扮是虚荣的表现 = 沾沾自喜的看是自鸣得意的表现
趣味全助记 【记】来自prim整洁 + 音:扑,扑粉;prime 一流的 + p 音:漂,漂亮;音:漂亮美婆,音近plump,后者lump身上肿块,胖的

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