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bagatelle

/bag-uh-tel/US // ˌbæg əˈtɛl //UK // (ˌbæɡəˈtɛl) //

百加得,百加莱,百乐门,袋子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something of little value or importance; a trifle: "A mere bagatelle," she murmured in response to my admiration of her ring.
    • : a game played on a board having holes at one end into which balls are to be struck with a cue.
    • : pinball.
    • : a short and light musical composition, typically for the piano.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • After all, in the face of death, financial ruin seemed a mere bagatelle.

  • My object in going to the Crimea was to speculate in munitions of war, which I supposed would be sold for a mere bagatelle.

  • Lise left her abruptly, darting down a street that led to a back entrance of the Bagatelle, and Janet pursued her way.

  • It is scarcely too much to say that his ostentatious preference for the bagatelle was a real, and not in the least affected fact.

  • "Those bagatelle diatribes about Hegelism," etc., are not reprinted in this book, not a single syllable of them!