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trifle
- IPA[ˈtrʌɪfl]
英式
- a thing of little value or importance;a small amount of something
- treat without seriousness or respect;talk or act frivolously
verb: trifle, 3rd person present: trifles, gerund or present participle: trifling, past tense: trifled, past participle: trifled
noun: trifle, plural noun: trifles
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a thing of little value or importance we needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles 同義詞
- ▪ a small amount of something the thousand yen he'd paid seemed the merest trifle 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. British a cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream syllabubs, trifles, and other dishes bowls of trifle followed
動詞
- 1. treat without seriousness or respect he is not a man to be trifled with men who trifle with women's affections
- 2. archaic talk or act frivolously we will not trifle—life is too short
- ▪ waste something, especially time, frivolously he had trifled away two months at a task which should have taken a week
片語