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picayune

英 [,pɪkə'juːn] 美[,pɪkə'jʊn]
  • adj. 不值钱的;眼光狭小的;微不足道的
  • n. 无价值之物;西班牙小币

英英释意


1. (informal terms) 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"
"Mickey Mouse regulations"
"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"