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When you primp, you spend time making yourself look nicer — arranging your hair, putting on make-up, smoothing your clothes, checking the mirror again. It is a slightly teasing word: the person is fussing over their looks, often right before they go out or before a photo. You can primp, primp yourself, or primp your hair. It is not a stiff or formal word; people use it with a small smile, as if someone is being a bit vain. Though actually, it is not only for women. A man who keeps pushing his hair into place in the lift is primping too. You will meet it more in stories and American English than in everyday classroom talk.
組成A 16th-century variant of prim, an older verb meaning to make neat and precise.
同家族的字
- primprimp grew out of prim; prim still means stiffly neat and proper
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
primpverb/pɹɪmp/
- 1
To spend time improving one's appearance, often in front of a mirror.
- "Then I promise I'll let you take your bath and primp all day for your date."
- 2
To dress in an affected manner.
- Tonight, Moses was the center of attraction, attended to by a dozen Green Berets who prepped and primped him like a stage crew fluttering about a Hollywood star.
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