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 picayune [,pikә'ju:n]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 小钱币, 五分钱币, 微不足道的事物, 无足轻重的人

a. 微不足道的, 不值钱的, 琐细的, 眼光狭小的, 小气的, 可鄙的




    picayune
    [ adj ]
    (informal) small and of little importance
    <adj.all>
    a fiddling sum of moneya 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


    Picayune \Pic`a*yune"\, n. [From the language of the Caribs.]
    A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See
    {Fippenny bit}. [Local, U.S.]

    1. Mr. Singer's thesis is deliberately large-scale, and it would be picayune to criticize him on details.
    2. That angers the American shift supervisors, who view such criticism as picayune.
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