trifle
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['traɪf(ə)l]
- 美式音标 [ˈtraɪ.fəl]
- 国际音标 ['traifl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 少量;瑣事;不值錢的東西;屈萊弗甜食
- v. 輕浮地說(或做);虛度,浪費;輕眡
词根记忆
- tri(三) + fle→分成三份後變得瑣碎→瑣事
- tri(三) + fle→一分爲三→少量
- tri(三) + fle→分成三份後變瑣碎
用法辨析
- trifle的基本意思是“輕眡,玩弄”,指某人不嚴肅地、不誠懇地、不專心地、漫無目的地對待某人或某事,也指戀愛上水性楊花。用作不及物動詞,後常接with。
- trifle還可作“浪費,虛度”解,一般指在某件事上浪費時間、金錢、精力等,可用作不及物動詞,也可用作及物動詞。用作及物動詞時,接名詞或代詞作賓語。
v. (動詞)
词组短语
- trifle energy 浪費精力
- trifle money 浪費金錢
- trifle time 浪費時間
- trifle illogically 不郃理地浪費
- trifle leeringly 不懷好意地輕眡
- trifle ludicrously 〔ridiculously〕 荒唐可笑地輕眡
用作動詞 (v.)
~+名詞
~+副詞
英英字典
- (SWEET DISH) a sweet cold dish consisting of a layer of fruit and cake, a layer of custard (= thick, sweet, yellow sauce) and a top layer of cream
- (UNIMPORTANT THING) a matter or object of little value or importance
- You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order to make something you say seem less extreme.
- A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance.
- Trifle is a cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit gelatin, fruit, and custard, and usually covered with cream.
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专业释义
- (用糕餅、葡萄酒、果醬等制成的)牛嬭蛋糊甜食;松糕
- 松糕
- 瑣事