One way to hold prim: everything pulled in and pinned down. A straight back, hands in the lap, a mouth pressed shut, a collar buttoned to the very top — nothing loose, nothing spilling over. The word carries a small amount of teasing with it wherever it goes, because all that holding-in is a shade more than the moment asks for. Point the image at a person and you get their manner; point it at what they are wearing and you get the clothes; turn it into a verb and you get the one small movement of the mouth closing.

prim 可以想成「整個收緊、釘牢」的樣子。背挺著,手放腿上,嘴抿起來,領子扣到最上面一顆——沒有一處是鬆的,沒有一處溢出來。這個字走到哪裡都帶著一點點調侃,因為那樣的收緊,總比當下需要的再多一點。把這個畫面指向一個人,得到的是舉止;指向他身上的衣服,得到的是穿著;把它變成動詞,得到的就是嘴巴閉緊的那一個小動作。

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