trifle

意味: 些細なこと

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定義: 果物またはゼリーが塗られたスポンジケーキの層でできている冷たいプリン, ナッツ、クリームまたはチョコレートで飾られる

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or chocolate
Noun: a detail that is considered insignificant
Noun: something of small importance
Verb: waste time; spend one’s time idly or inefficiently
Verb: act frivolously
Verb: consider not very seriously

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Verb: He is trifling with her
Verb: She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): dally, frivol, piddle, piddle away, play, small beer, technicality, trifle, trivia, triviality, wanton, wanton away

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, consider, detail, object, pudding, spend

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abstract, act, act involuntarily, afford, backslap, blow, break down, bungle, catch, charm, commemorative, consume, contemplate, curio, dally, discard, draw, fall over backwards, film, finding, floater, follow, fomite, footle, freeze, frivol, geological formation, growth, hail, head, hoodoo, hugger mugger, ice, invest, je ne sais quoi, joke, keepsake, land, lay out, location, make, make as if, makeweight, menace, minutia, misspend, moon, neighbor, nook and cranny, optimize, paring, part, penny-pinch, piddle, piffle, play, presume, property, quack, ramp, relax, remains, respect, ribbon, romanticize, sauce, save, sentimentalise, shiner, snake, sticking point, stooge, stuff, swagger, swell, technicality, trifle, triviality, underspend, vagabond, vulgarize, wall, wanton, warm to, web, whole

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bagatelle, tipsy cake

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: technical, trifler, trifling, trivial

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative

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