英语单词分类 轻松记单词

picayune

形容词: picayunish

picayune基本解释

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

picayune同义词

picayune英英释义

Adjective:
  • (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"