prig

英 [prɪɡ] 美 [prɪɡ]

• n. 一本正经的人；自命不凡者；道学先生；<俚>小偷
• v. 偷

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He had been railed against by them as a prig and a poseur.
   他们责骂他是一个沾沾自喜、装腔作势的人。
2. Charles thinks he's better than the rest of us, the self-righteous prig!
   查尔斯认为他比我们大家都强，真是个自以为是的家伙！
3. The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.
   一个酒徒色鬼竟然摇身一变就成了道学先生。
4. If one wishes to be a prig or a Puritan, one can flaunt one's moral views about them.
   一个人要是愿意当道学先生或清教徒，当然可以炫耀自己的伦理观点。
5. She said, "That Flora tries to take you on the prig again, you tell me-will you?"
   她说：“要是弗洛拉再带你去偷东西，你就告诉我，知道么？”

经典引文

• He was no prig, but liked a laugh.

  出自： P. H. Gibbs

• Isabel is such a prig that she values her chastity more than her brother.

  出自：Guardian

• Perhaps I'm a prig.., but it'd be too much like taking a salary and not doing any work.

  出自： C. Forbes

近反义词

【近义词】

• snot 鼻水
• snoot 鼻子
• snob 势利小人