picayune怎么读

英式音标：[ˌpɪkə\'ju:n]

美式音标：[ˌpɪkə\'jun]

picayune基本解释

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的意思释义

n.

西班牙小币，不值钱东西；

adj.

不值钱的，无聊的；

英英释义

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用法及例句

例句参考

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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相关例句

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。

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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.

专家较近告诉新奥尔良《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。

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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.

专家较近告诉新奥尔良《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。

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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。

8.not worth a picayune

毫无价值

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 response...is 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