| 单词 | bagatelle |
| 释义 | bagatelle (once / 10745 pages) 1n 2n 3n A bagatelle is a trifle or a trinket — a little thing without too much importance or value. You might wake on Christmas morning to find your stocking full of bagatelles. Use the noun bagatelle when you're talking about something that's purely decorative, like a bauble or knickknack, or that's very easily done. For example, you might say, "Oh watching your cat was such a bagatelle — I really didn't have to do a thing!" The word is French, meaning "knick-knack, bauble, or trinket," from the diminutive form of the Latin baca, or "berry." WORD FAMILYbagatelle: bagatelles USAGE EXAMPLES“It does feel like a culmination,” she said of the album after her bagatelles marathon shift, in an interview at Rough Trade NYC. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) This week he’s been presenting his Book of Bagatelles — some 300 short pieces composed last spring — with a different configuration of musicians for every set. New York Times(Aug 11, 2016) You may remember Gugliotta from the team that helped open Bistro Bagatelle in West Hollywood. Los Angeles Times(Jul 18, 2016) 1 n something of little value or significance 2Syn|Hyper fluff, frippery, frivolity small beer, trifle, trivia, triviality something of small importance n a light piece of music for piano 3Hyper composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created n 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 Syn|Hyper bar billiards table game a game that is played on a table |
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