picayune中文什么意思

n.
1.(原在美国路易斯安那州及南部各州流通的)西班牙小钱币；〔美国〕小钱币〔尤指五分辅币〕。
2.〔美口〕不值钱的东西，小人物，不重要的人。adj.
＝picayunish.

• new orleans times picayune:    新奥尔良时代花絮报
• new orleans times-picayune:    新奥尔良时代花絮报

例句与用法

1. I had a story published in the picayune
   我有一部小说在picayune出版
2. 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。

英文释义

形容词

1. (informal) 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"; "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"
   同义词：fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, trivial

百科释义

A picayune was a Spanish coin, worth half a real. Its name derives from the French picaillon, which is itself from the Proven?al picaioun, meaning "small coin".