| 词汇 | trifle |
| 释义 | trifle noun uk /ˈtraɪ.fəl/ us /ˈtraɪ.fəl/ triflenoun (SWEET DISH)[ C or U ] a sweet cold dish consisting of a layer of fruit and cake, a layer of custard (= thick, sweet, yellow sauce) and a top layer of cream: 乳脂松糕，果酱松糕（一种甜点，包括一层水果海绵蛋糕、一层蛋奶沙司和一层奶油） a sherry trifle雪利酒浸果酱松糕 graletta/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Puddings, desserts & ices baked Alaska baklava banana split bananas Foster banoffee pie croquembouche crumble dessert dulce de leche dumpling kugel lolly mochi mousseline Neapolitan ice cream sopaipilla sorbet soufflé spotted dick spumoni triflenoun (UNIMPORTANT THING)[ C ]formal a matter or object of little value or importance: 琐事；零碎；小东西 I brought a few trifles back from India - pieces of jewellery and fabric mainly.我从印度带回了几样小玩意儿——主要是些首饰和布料。 a trifle slightly: 有点儿，微微 I'm a trifle confused about the arrangements for tonight.我对今晚的安排有点儿不太明白。 I have to say, his comment strikes me as a trifle disingenuous. I felt it was a trifle unfeeling of her. He was a trifle smug, I thought, on hearing the news. "I've tried to persuade him to change his mind," said Lauren, a trifle wearily. "I'm ready when you are," he said, a trifle impatiently. Things of little importance bagatelle factoid footnote formality mess of pottageidiom periphery poor poor relationidiom pottage slush small beer small fry small potatoes sop sundries technicality trivia triviality vacuity You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Some and quite trifle | American Dictionarytrifle noun[ C ] us/ˈtrɑɪ·fəl/ a matter or item of little value or importance a trifle A trifle means slightly or to a small degree: He admits to being a trifle nervous before every show. triflingadjectiveus/ˈtrɑɪ·flɪŋ/ It was such a trifling sum of money to argue about. Examples of trifletrifle But playing without hunger creates only trifles and not meat for performance. The third was the distinction between trifling and non-trifling judgments. To the development economist, environmental matters, therefore, appeared a trifle precious, not wholly relevant to the urgencies of poor societies. Some of these are trifling, if niggling: the format for bibliographical citations in the introductions is slightly different in each volume, for example. To begin with, the moral crusaders combined ' fanaticism ' with ' passion ', starting with ' trifling demands ' but building by a psychology of extremism to absurd, totalistic claims. There are several instances of immediate emotional outburst even on trifling matters. What reason is given for thinking that it is not trifling ? Care is taken to avoid hurting the other's feelings and to go along with the other rather than make a fuss over trifles. To the development economist, environmental matters thus appeared a trifle precious, not wholly relevant to the urgencies of poor countries. They think it does have interests in life that must not be trifled with. We are talking about one million, and one million it is not a trifle. An analytic judgment is a trifling judgment that expresses an implicit or explicit identity. Finally, she ar ticulates the object son'na no 'such things', a deictic expression which devalues the eggs themselves as trifling. A trifle in a glass bowl, neatly cut bread already buttered, and of course, that most essential for all significant occasions, the red salmon. Not only are the public often assumed to be a trifle gullible, they are also portrayed as empty vessels. See all examples of trifle These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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