picayune
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌpɪk.əˈjuːn]
- 美式音标 [ˈpɪk.ə.juːn]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.微小的;心胸狹窄的
- n.西班牙銅幣;五美分銅幣;微不足道的事物
英汉例句
- Did he want to begin in a picayune, obscure way?
他願意馬馬虎虎的著手嗎? - His action was unwarranted, picayune, and vindictive.
他的行爲是非法的,卑鄙的,惡意的。 - Picayune demands that all but confounded the peacetalks.
這些瑣碎的要求衹會使和平談判受挫。 - His action was unwarranted, picayune , and vindictive.
他的行爲是非法的,卑鄙的,惡意的。 - No fellow spoils his life,but a picayune amount of them cherish time.
沒有人不愛惜他的生命,但很少人珍眡他的時間。