英语释义

• (informal terms) small and of little importance;

  "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"

  "Mickey Mouse regulations"

  "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"

片语

Daily Picayune每日花絮

not worth a picayune毫无价值

Fanny Adams无价值之物；（英）罐头肉；范妮·亚当斯（女子名）

PICAYUNE US美国

bit咬（bite的过去式和过去分词）

Picayune HS皮卡约恩高中

picayune e微不足道的

Picayune Memorial珍珠河纪念高中

cheapad 便宜地

Econo Lodge Picayune皮卡尤恩经济型旅馆

halfpennyworth无价值之物；仅值半便士的东西

Times Picayune时代花絮报

The Times-PicayuneThe Times-Picayune is an American daily newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana since January 25, 1837. The current publication is the result of the 1914 merger of The Picayune with the Times-Democrat.

英汉例句

• Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction.

  给一位警官提供一顿免费的饭食或许违反了法律，但这看上去是不值一提的违法。

• The trouble with your studying is that you spend too much time on picayune details and not enough on the really important matters.

  你学习中存在的问题是在小细节上花的时间太多，而在真正重要的事情上所花的时间却不够多。

相似词

bagatelle(Bagatelle)人名；(法)巴加泰勒

frippery无用的东西；便宜而俗艳的服装

nothing无；零；无关紧要的事

small beer淡啤酒；琐事；小人物

small change零钱；无聊话

trifle轻浮地说（或做）；虚度，浪费；轻视

triviality浅薄，轻浮；琐事；平凡

相反词

broad-minded心胸开阔的；气量大的

catholic罗马天主教徒

cosmopolitan四海为家者；世界主义者；世界各地都有的东西

liberal(Liberal)人名；(葡)利贝拉尔

open开始；展现

open-minded虚心的；思想开明的；无偏见的

receptive善于接受的；能容纳的

tolerant宽容的；容忍的；有耐药力的