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

Niggling

vverb.emotionworry unnecessarily or excessively

Synset:fret fuss niggle

Examples:

don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now

Derivationally Related Form:fretfuss

Hypernyms:worry

Inherited Hypernyms:fussworry

Direct Hyponyms:ditherflappotherscruple

Full Troponyms:ditherscruple

Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- over the results of the experiment (apply to: fuss, niggle, fret)

vverb.communicationargue over petty things

Synset:bicker brabble niggle pettifog quibble squabble

Examples:

Let's not quibble over pennies

Derivationally Related Form:pettifoggerbickerquibblersquabblenigglerpettifoggery

Hypernyms:argue contend debate fence

Inherited Hypernyms:quibbleargueconversetalkcommunicateinteractact

Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: bicker, quibble) | Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: bicker, quibble)

adj satadj.all(informal) small and of little importance

Domain Usage:colloquialism

Synset:fiddling footling lilliputian little petty picayune piddling piffling trivial

Examples:

a fiddling sum of money
a footling gesture
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
a little (or small) matter
a dispute over niggling details
limited to petty enterprises
piffling efforts
giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

Antonyms:important

Derivationally Related Form:triviapettinesstrivializelittlenesstriviality

Inherited Hypernyms:fiddling

Similar to:unimportant

单词	niggling
释义	Niggling vverb.emotionworry unnecessarily or excessively Synset:fret fuss niggle Examples: don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now Derivationally Related Form:fretfuss Hypernyms:worry Inherited Hypernyms:fussworry Direct Hyponyms:ditherflappotherscruple Full Troponyms:ditherscruple Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s \| Somebody ---s PP \| Sam and Sue --- over the results of the experiment (apply to: fuss, niggle, fret) vverb.communicationargue over petty things Synset:bicker brabble niggle pettifog quibble squabble Examples: Let's not quibble over pennies Derivationally Related Form:pettifoggerbickerquibblersquabblenigglerpettifoggery Hypernyms:argue contend debate fence Inherited Hypernyms:quibbleargueconversetalkcommunicateinteractact Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s \| Somebody ---s PP \| Sam and Sue --- (apply to: bicker, quibble) \| Sam wants to --- with Sue (apply to: bicker, quibble) adj satadj.all(informal) small and of little importance Domain Usage:colloquialism Synset:fiddling footling lilliputian little petty picayune piddling piffling trivial Examples: a fiddling sum of money a footling gesture our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war a little (or small) matter a dispute over niggling details limited to petty enterprises piffling efforts giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction Antonyms:important Derivationally Related Form:triviapettinesstrivializelittlenesstriviality Inherited Hypernyms:fiddling Similar to:unimportant
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