Bagatelle
[,bægə'tel] or [,bæɡə'tɛl]
解释:
(noun.) a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over.
(noun.) something of little value or significance.
(noun.) a light piece of music for piano.
杰夫编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A trifle; a thing of no importance.
(n.) A game played on an oblong board, having, at one end, cups or arches into or through which balls are to be driven by a rod held in the hand of the player.
录入:玛莎
同义词及近义词:
n. [Fr.] Trifle, small matter, thing of no consequence or importance.
校对:谢尔曼
解释:
n. a trifle: a piece of music in a light style: a game played on a board (7 feet long and 21 inches broad) with nine balls and a cue the object being to put the balls down into as many numbered holes at the farther semicircular end of the board.
校对:西尔玛
例句:
- What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn is received with distinction and seated near the coroner between that high judicial officer, a bagatelle-board, and the coal-box. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- He was a member of the Baldwin, the Cavendish, and the Bagatelle card clubs. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Clubs: The Anglo-Indian, the Tankerville, the Bagatelle Card Club. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
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