英 [ˈtraɪf(ə)l] 美 [ˈtraɪf(ə)l]
n. 琐事，无价值的东西；屈莱弗甜食，乳脂松糕；稍微，有点儿（a trifle）；少量，少许
v. 怠慢，小看；<古>轻浮地说（或做）；浪费（物品，尤指时间），虚度
复数trifles
第三人称单数trifles
现在分词trifling
过去式trifled
过去分词trifled
trifle /ˈtraɪfəl/ CET4 TEM4
习语 You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order to make something you say seem less extreme. 有点儿
As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing.
作为一名摄影师，他发现这两个地方都有点儿令人失望。
可数名词 A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance. 琐事; 微不足道的东西
He had no money to spare on trifles.
他没钱花在琐碎的东西上。
有变体名词 Trifle is a cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit gelatin, fruit, and custard, and usually covered with cream. 屈莱弗甜食 (由蛋糕、果冻、水果、蛋奶沙司做成，上浇鲜奶油。)
...a bowl of trifle.
…一碗屈莱弗甜食。
sponge cake spread with jam and soaked in wine; served with a custard sauce
a detail that is considered insignificant
同义词： technicality / triviality
something of small importance
同义词： triviality / trivia / small beer
waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
同义词： piddle / wanton / wanton away / piddle away
act frivolously
同义词： frivol
(用糕饼、葡萄酒、果酱等制成的)牛奶蛋糊甜食；松糕
松糕
琐事
【食品词典】T5 ... triethylamine 三乙胺〔鱼类腐臭味的物质之一〕 trifle 一种用蛋白、奶油、果酱、糕饼等做成的甜食；松糕 trigla （黑海）鲂ð«
... trend：趋向、时尚 trifle：少许、少量、玩忽 triumph：凯旋、成功 ...
$1 000 is a mere trifle to her.
1 000元对她来说不过是区区小数。
She seemed a trifle anxious.
她似乎有点儿焦急。
As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing.
作为一名摄影师，他发现这两个地方都有点儿令人失望。
Sometimes it even causes them to kill over a trifle if they feel disrespected.
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In it are two items that seemed a trifle bizarre yet are part of a whole.
Being inexperienced and a trifle too eager, I must have moved at lightning speed.
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