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trifler

/trahy-fuhl/US // ˈtraɪ fəl //UK // (ˈtraɪfəl) //

三夫勒,琐事,琐碎的人,琐碎

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an article or thing of very little value.
    • : a matter, affair, or circumstance of trivial importance or significance.
    • : a small, inconsiderable, or trifling sum of money.
    • : a small quantity or amount of anything; a little: She's still a trifle angry.
    • : a literary, musical, or artistic work of a light or trivial character having no great or lasting merit; bagatelle.
    • : a kind of pewter of medium hardness.
    • : trifles, articles made of this.
    • : English Cooking. a dessert usually consisting of custard and cake soaked in wine or liqueur, and jam, fruit, or the like.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tri·fled, tri·fling.

    • : to deal lightly or without due seriousness or respect: Don't trifle with me!
    • : to play or toy by handling or fingering: He sat trifling with a pen.
    • : to act or talk in an idle or frivolous way.
    • : to pass time idly or frivolously; waste time; idle.
v.有主动词 verb
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    tri·fled, tri·fling.

    • : to pass or spend idly or frivolously.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The thing was so remote, and in itself so certain, sure, inexorable; a play of issues that held no part for a trifler like me.

  • His host considered this as if he found a serious flaw in it; after which he began again: "I never supposed you a trifler."

  • The knowledge and the industry of these gentlemen is a perpetual marvel to the ‘bellelettristic trifler.’

  • No, no, I am no trifler; and I advise you to walk up-stairs again, lest I prove this to your cost.

  • And what is there in my conduct or in my words that can justify Master Lyle in thus treating me as a trifler?