picayune 详细解释

picayune

[.pikə'ju:n]

adj. 微小的, 心胸狭窄的
n. 西班牙铜币, 五美分铜币, 微不足道的事物

词形变化

形容词: picayunish |

英英释义

形容词 picayune:

(informal) small and of little importance

同义词：fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, trivial

补充

picayunepicayune英:[ˌpikəˈju:n] 美:[ˌpɪkəˈjun]n.1.西班牙小币,不值钱东西adj.1.不值钱的,无聊的

例句

1. the picayune squab-bling of party politicians.党派政客毫无意义的争论。 2. They argued over the most picayune details.他们因芝麻小事争吵。

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