picayune

英[ˌpɪkə'juːn] 美[ˌpɪkə'juːn]
  • 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
picayunish
  • pica n.[印]十二点活字;[医]异食癖
  • picadillo n.[烹]什锦肉糜(一种西班牙和拉丁美洲菜肴)
  • picador n.骑马斗牛士;老练机智的论客;机敏的辩论
  • picaninny n.<贬>黑人小孩;澳大利亚土著小孩
  • picao abbr.ProvisionalInternationalCivilAviationOrganization临时国际民用航空组织
Adjective:
  1. (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"

1. His action was unwarranted, picayune, and vindictive.
他的行为是非法的, 卑鄙的, 恶意的.

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