英语词汇“paltry”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pal·try

(pôltrē)

adj. pal·tri·er, pal·tri·est

1. Lacking in importance or worth. See Synonyms at trivial.

2. Very small or inadequate in amount; negligible: was paid a paltry sum for his work.

3. Marked by meanness or lack of generosity; contemptible: "I would far rather burn my whole book, than that he or any other man should think that I had behaved in a paltry spirit" (Charles Darwin).

[Probably from obsolete and dialectal paltry, trash, perhaps from Low German paltrig, ragged, from palte, rag.]

paltri·ly adv.

paltri·ness n.

单词	paltry
释义	pal·try (pôltrē) adj. pal·tri·er, pal·tri·est 1. Lacking in importance or worth. See Synonyms at trivial. 2. Very small or inadequate in amount; negligible: was paid a paltry sum for his work. 3. Marked by meanness or lack of generosity; contemptible: "I would far rather burn my whole book, than that he or any other man should think that I had behaved in a paltry spirit" (Charles Darwin). [Probably from obsolete and dialectal paltry, trash, perhaps from Low German paltrig, ragged, from palte, rag.] paltri·ly adv. paltri·ness n.
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