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单词 petty officer
释义

petty /petˈi/

adjective
  1. Small
  2. Of little or less importance
  3. Minor
  4. Trifling
  5. Lower in rank, power, etc
  6. Inconsiderable, insignificant
  7. Contemptible
  8. Small-minded
  9. Spiteful
noun

A junior schoolboy

ORIGIN: Fr petit

pettˈily adverb

pettˈiness noun

Petty Bag noun

  1. A former office of the Court of Chancery
  2. A clerk of that office

petty bourgeois, petty bourgeoisie noun

Variants of petit bourgeois and petite bourgeoisie under petit

petty cash noun

  1. Miscellaneous small sums of money received or paid
  2. A sum of money kept for minor expenses which usu do not need to be referred to a higher authority

petty-chaps see pettichaps

petty jury see petit jury under petit

petty larceny see under larceny

petty officer noun

A naval officer ranking with a non-commissioned officer in the army

Petty Sessions plural noun

A court in which magistrates try trivial cases and refer others to a higher court

petty whin noun

A low spiny papilionaceous shrub (Genista anglica) like a small whin

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