trifle
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)(cooking) An English dessert made from a mixture of thick custard, fruit, sponge cake, jelly and whipped cream.
- 2.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) Anything that is of little importance or worth.
- 3.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) A very small amount (of something).
Đồng nghĩa: smidgen, ace, atom, atomy, aught, bissel, bit, crumb, glimpse, dab, damn, dash, diddly, glint, dot, spatter, drop, dusting, fleck, glimmer, hint, flip, flyspeck, grain, halfpennyworth, inch, iota, jot, lick, mite, modicum, molecule, morceau, morsel, mote, ooch, ounce, particle, pennyworth, piece, pinch, relish, scantling, semblance, scent, scintilla, scooch, scrap, scruple, shred, skerrick, skoosh, skosh, sliver, smattering, smidge, smidgen, smidget, smidgy, smitch, smithereen, soupçon, spark, speck, speckle, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, tad, tidbit, tidge, tinge, tittle, toddick, touch, trace, trifle, tuppence worth, vestige, whiff, whit
- 4.
(countable, uncountable)A particular kind of pewter.
- 5.
(uncountable)Utensils made from this particular kind of pewter.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
You must not trifle with her affections.
- 2.
(intransitive)To act, speak, or otherwise behave with jest.
- 3.
(intransitive)To inconsequentially toy with something.
- 4.
(transitive)To squander or waste.
- 5.
(obsolete, transitive)To make a trifle of, to make trivial.
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ine-pro From Middle English trifle, trifel, triful, trefle, truyfle, trufful, from fro trufle mockery, a byform of trufe, truffe (deception), of uncertain origin.