Trifle

['traɪf(ə)l] or ['traɪfl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate.

編輯:梅森--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

(n.) A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it.

(n.) To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements.

(v. t.) To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle.

(v. t.) To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money.

阿尔玛編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. n. [1]. Act with levity, be busy about trifles, PIDDLE.[2]. Talk idly or frivolously, toy, wanton.

n. Bagatelle, triviality, pittance, modicum, small matter, thing of little value or consequence, thing of no moment, drop in the bucket, shadow of a shade.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Bauble, bagatelle, toy, straw, nothing, triviality, levity, joke, cipher,bubble, gewgaw, kickshaw, rush

ANT:Treasure, portent, phenomenon, crisis, conjuncture, importance, urgency,weight, necessity, seriousness

SYN:Toy, play, dally, wanton, quibble, fribble

ANT:Treat, cope, tackle, grapple, deal

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解釋/意思:

v.i. to act or talk lightly: to indulge in light or silly amusements: to waste or spend idly or unprofitably (with).—n. anything of little value: a light confection of whipped cream or white of egg with fruit wine &c.—n. Trī′fler.—adj. Trī′fling of small value or importance: trivial.—adv. Trī′flingly.—n. Trī′flingness.

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