picayune
英式音标：[ˌpɪkə'ju:n] 
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美式音标：[ˌpɪkə'jun] 怎么读
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picayune概况
adj. 不值钱的；眼光狭小的；微不足道的
n. 无价值之物；西班牙小币
picayune词义
n.
西班牙小币，不值钱东西；
adj.
不值钱的，无聊的；
英英释义
picayune[ ,pikə'ju:n ]
adj.(informal) small and of little importance
"giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
同义词：fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpiddlingpifflingpettytrivial
picayune用法
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picayune词源
picayune (n.)
1804, "coin of small value," probably from Louisiana French picaillon "coin worth 5 cents," earlier the French name of an old copper coin of Savoy (1750), from Provençal picaioun "small copper coin," from picaio "money," of uncertain origin. Adjectival figurative sense of "paltry, mean" recorded from 1813.
picayune造句
1. Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction.
给一位警官提供一顿免费的饭食或许违反了法律，但这看上去是不值一提的违法。
2. Experts recently told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that as much as 210,000 gallons of oil a day could be leaking from the well for two months.
专家最近告诉新奥尔良《皮卡尤恩时报》的记者，在未来两个月里，井中每天都会泄露出不下于210，000加仑的石油。
3. Experts recently told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that as much as 210,000 gallons of oil a day could be leaking from the well for two months.
专家最近告诉新奥尔良《皮卡尤恩时报》的记者，在未来两个月里，井中每天都会泄露出不下于210，000加仑的石油。
4. Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction.
给一位警官提供一顿免费的饭食或许违反了法律，但这看上去是不值一提的违法。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
5. Picayune demands that all but confounded the peace talks.
这些琐碎的要求只会使和平谈判受挫
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
6. Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty(Richard is picayune is of negligible value or importance:
永远奉献出你最好的，绝不灰心，绝不吝啬（理查德 N 尼克森）。picayune的东西是微不足道的或不值一提的：
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
7. His action was unwarranted, picayune, and vindictive.
他的行为是非法的，卑鄙的，恶意的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. not worth a picayune
毫无价值
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. The flower of loafers . . . was found stretched on the banquette on Tuesday night(New Orleans Daily Picayune)See Regional Note at beignet
周二晚上人行道上到处留着闲逛的人们扔下的花(新奥尔良每日琐记)参见
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考
10. insignificant sounds; his picayune and unmeaning- R.B. Pearsall.
没有意义的声音；他的回答……是无聊而无意义的-R.B.毕尔索。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
