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单词 picayune
释义

picayune /ˌpɪkə'juːn//ˌpɪkə'jʊn/

英汉-汉英词典
  1. n. 西班牙小币,不值钱东西
  2. adj. 不值钱的,无聊的
形容词: picayunish
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  • cayenne n. 辣椒(=Cayenne pepper)
  • Paraguayan adj. 巴拉圭

网络短语:
new orleans times picayune 新奥尔良时代花絮报
英语例句库
  1. 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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原声例句
The Early Sessions

There, you two chickadees, good night for now.If you want, I'll subtract an hour from tomorrow's session, but I hope you won't be that picayune.

好吧,你们这两只山雀,现在晚安。如果你愿意,我会从明天的课程中减去一个 小时,但我希望你不要那么小气

为奴十二年

He received his compensation, and usually I also returned with many picayunes jingling in my pockets—the extra contributions of those to whose delight I had administered.

他收到了他的报酬,通常我也会带着许多 picayunes 在我的口袋里叮当作响——那些我管理过的人的额外贡献。

The Early Sessions

I expect reasonable criticism, indeed enjoy it. But picayune comments find me most ungrateful. And now, old friends, you may call it an evening, or call it anything you like.

我期待着合理的批评,而且很享受这种批评。但那些浅薄琐碎的评论,对我来说是不知好歹。现在,老朋友们,你们可以称它为一个晚上,或者你们喜欢叫它什么都行。(译注:youmaycallitanevening是今晚就到此为止的意思。赛斯在此耍他的幽默)。

为奴十二年

I had but a few picayunes—the proceeds of my fiddling performances, but all I had in the world I promised him if he would do me the favor required.

我只有一些小花絮——我的小提琴表演的收益,但我已经向他保证, 如果他愿意帮我一个忙的话。

英语百科

Picayune

A picayune was a Spanish coin, worth half a real. Its name derives from the French picaillon, which is itself from the Provençal picaioun, meaning "small coin". By extension, picayune can mean "trivial" or "of little value".

Aside from being used in Spanish territories, the picayune and other Spanish currency was used throughout the colonial United States. Spanish dollars were made legal tender in the U.S. by an act on February 9, 1793. They remained so until demonetization on February 21, 1857. The coin's name first appeared in Florida and Louisiana, where its value was worth approximately six-and-one-fourth cents, and whose name was sometimes used in place of the U.S. nickel.

近义、反义、联想词
近义词
adj.
unimportant

反义词
n.
important, of import

联想词
inconsequential不重要的, 无足轻重的, 不值得考虑的;trivial不重要的,琐碎的;inane愚蠢的;petty小规模的;minuscule小写字;insignificant无价值的, 无意义的, 无用的;unimportant不重要的;teeny极小的;quibble谬论;preposterous反常的,荒谬的;banal陈腐的;
英英词典
picayune adj.
  1. (informal) small and of little importance
    • giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

    synonymous: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, trivial
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