| 单词 | trifle |
| 释义 | trifle (once / 168 pages) 1nv 2n A trifle is something that's totally unimportant. If your friend is freaking out over which shoes to buy and you call her dilemma a trifle, you're saying she shouldn't get so worked up over nothing. Trifle comes from the Middle English trufle, meaning "fraud, joke, trick." You'll usually hear it used to mean "insignificant, trivial." If you write a little ditty to sing at a birthday party, you could say it's just a trifle. As a verb, trifle means "toy with, waste." If you play with someone's feelings without seriously meaning anything, you are trifling with his affection. Trifle is also a sweet, sticky cake. Don't trifle the day away dreaming about trifle. Make some! WORD FAMILYtrifle: trifled, trifler, trifles, trifling+/trifler: triflers/trifling: triflingly, triflings USAGE EXAMPLESEvidently, the episode boosted Yiannopoulos’s sense of himself as a man not to be trifled with. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) It’s a trifle that is best consumed on an airplane or in the midst of a crippling fever. The Guardian(Dec 21, 2016) Traditional fare such as mince pies, custard, sherry trifle and Twelfth Night fish cakes will please any aficionado of British cuisine. Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) 1 1n a detail that is considered insignificant Syn|Hyper technicality, triviality detail, item, point an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole 2n something of small importance Syn|Hypo|Hyper small beer, trivia, triviality bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity something of little value or significance object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow 3v consider not very seriously He is trifling with her Syn|Hyper dally, play dally, flirt, play, toy behave carelessly or indifferently consider, deal, look at, take take into consideration for exemplifying purposes 4v act frivolously Syn|Hyper frivol act, behave, do behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself 5v waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently 2Syn|Hyper piddle, piddle away, wanton, wanton away drop, expend, spend pay out n a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate Hypo|Hyper tipsy cake a trifle soaked in wine and decorated with almonds and candied fruit pud, pudding (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally) |
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