trifling

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour. countable,uncountable
    — He writes on the principle, of course, that in one's dotage we are privileged to return to the triflings of our infancy, and that Downing Street cannot be better employed in these days than as a chapel of ease to Eton.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of trifle form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Trivial, or of little importance.
    — […] It is not ſo decorous in reſpect of God, that he ſhould αὐτουργεῖν ἅπαντα [autourgeîn hápanta], ſet his ovvn hand as it vvere to every vvork, and immediately do all the meaneſt and triflingſt things himſelf drudgingly, vvithout making uſe of any inferior or ſubordinate Miniſters.
  2. Frivolous.
    — For, really, as it is a trifling Age, ſo nothing but Trifles are valued in it. Men read none but trifling Authors, purſue none but trifling Amusements, and contend for none but trifling Opinions. A trifling Fellow is prefer'd, a trifling Woman admir'd.
  3. Good-for-nothing; shady or lazy; scrub.
    — You trifling good for nothin’ type of brother.

词形变化

more trifling comparative most trifling superlative triflings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
triflingly triflingness untrifling
相关词
trifle

词源

词源 1
By surface analysis, trifle + -ing.
词源 2
By surface analysis, trifle + -ing.
词源 3
By surface analysis, trifle + -ing.
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