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picayune中文是什么意思

音标:[ ˌpikə'ju:n ]  发音:  
用"picayune"造句"picayune"怎么读"picayune" in a sentence"picayune"的同义词

中文翻译手机手机版

  • 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.

例句与用法

  • I had a story published in the picayune
    我有一部小说在picayune出版
  • 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。
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英文解释

  • (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,

其他语种

百科解释

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".
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