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trifle 音标拼音: [tr'ɑɪfəl] n. 小事,琐事,琐碎东西;少量,些许
v. 玩弄,轻视,嘲笑,浪费 小事,琐事,琐碎东西;少量,些许玩弄,轻视,嘲笑,浪费 trifle n 1: a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate 2: a detail that is considered insignificant [synonym: {technicality}, {trifle}, {triviality}] 3: something of small importance [synonym: {triviality}, {trivia}, {trifle}, {small beer}] v 1: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [synonym: {piddle}, {wanton}, {wanton away}, {piddle away}, {trifle}] 2: act frivolously [synonym: {frivol}, {trifle}] 3: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [synonym: {dally}, {trifle}, {play}] Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. t. 1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. "We trifle time." --Shak. [1913 Webster] Trifle \Tri"fle\, n. [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery, raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless object. See {Truffle}.] 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. [1913 Webster] With such poor trifles playing. --Drayton. [1913 Webster] Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of holy writ. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life. --Young. [1913 Webster] 2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc., with syllabub poured over it. [1913 Webster] Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trifling}.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See {Trifle}, n.] To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. [1913 Webster] They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] {To trifle with}, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things. [1913 Webster] 265 Moby Thesaurus words for "trifle":
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