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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Hair & beauty
    primp /prɪmp/ verb [intransitive, transitive] old-fashioned  DCBto make yourself look attractive by arranging your hair, putting on make-up etc 梳妆打扮 She spends hours primping in front of the mirror. 她总是花很长时间在镜子前梳妆打扮。    → See Verb table
    Examples from the Corpus
    primp• Are you through primping? I need to use the bathroom.• So tease it, grow it, shave it, primp it, curl it, color it.    Origin primp (1500-1600) Perhaps from prim
    primp verbChinese
    your look attractive arranging hair, make to by yourself Corpus


    primp
    primp /prɪmp/ verb [intransitive and transitive] old-fashioned
     Date: 1500-1600
     Origin: Perhaps from prim
    to make yourself look attractive by arranging your hair, putting on make-up etc:
        She spends hours primping in front of the mirror.


    primpBrE /prɪmp/ 🔊NAmE /prɪmp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they primp BrE /prɪmp/ 🔊 NAmE /prɪmp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it primps BrE /prɪmps/ 🔊 NAmE /prɪmps/ 🔊past simple primped BrE /prɪmpt/ 🔊 NAmE /prɪmpt/ 🔊past participle primped BrE /prɪmpt/ 🔊 NAmE /prɪmpt/ 🔊 -ing form primping BrE /ˈprɪmpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈprɪmpɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth/yourself) (often disapproving) to make yourself look attractive by arranging your hair, putting on make-up, etc. 打扮；修饰