trifle
trifle 英 [ˈtraɪfl] 美 [ˈtraɪfəl]
n. 琐事；蛋糕；少量 vi. 开玩笑；闲混；嘲弄 vt. 浪费；虚度
进行时:trifling 过去式:trifled 过去分词:trifled 第三人称单数:trifles 名词复数:trifles
- A trifle is something that's totally unimportant. If your friend is freaking out over which poster to buy and you call her dilemma a trifle, you're saying she shouldn't get so worked up over nothing.
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- n. 琐事；蛋糕；少量
- vi. 开玩笑；闲混；嘲弄
- vt. 浪费；虚度
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1. This bag is a trifle too heavy.
这袋稍重了一点。
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2. Also known as \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Tuscan trifle, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" the dessert was initially created in Siena, in the northwestern Italian province of Tuscany.
也被叫做“托斯卡纳蛋糕”的提拉米苏，最初诞生在意大利西北托斯卡纳省的锡耶纳。
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3. That is but a trifle, when a woman knows the world.
只要一个女人看透了这个世界，这原本是小事一桩。
- trifle (n.) c. 1200, trufle "false or idle tale," later "matter of little importance" (c. 1300), from Old French trufle "mockery," diminutive of truffe "deception," of uncertain origin. As a type of light confection from 1755.
- trifle (v.) "treat lightly," 1520s, from trifle (n.). Earlier "cheat, mock" (c. 1300). Related: Trifled; trifling.
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