trifle
n. 琐事, 少量 vt. 浪费 vi. 开玩笑, 翻弄, 虚度光阴
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教材释义与例句
琐事;蛋糕;少量
浪费;虚度
开玩笑;闲混;嘲弄
释义与例句
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An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
乳脂松糕
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Anything that is of little importance or worth.
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Anything that is of little importance or worth.
An insignificant amount of money.
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A very small amount (of something).
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A particular kind of pewter.
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Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
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1.
To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
不及物You must not trifle with her affections.
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To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
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To inconsequentially toy with something.
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To squander or waste.
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To make a trifle of, to make trivial.
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词源
From Middle English trifle, trifel, triful, trefle, truyfle, trufful, from Old French trufle (“mockery”), a byform of trufe, truffe (“deception”), of uncertain origin.
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