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Master the word "TRIFLE" in English: definitions, translations, synonyms, pronunciations, examples, and grammar insights - all in one complete resource.
Don't trifle with her feelings. (Nie igraj z jej uczuciami.) He was trifling with his phone the whole time. (On cały czas bawił się swoim telefonem.) Dodatkowe przykłady dopasowywane są do haseł w zautomatyzowany sposób - nie gwarantujemy ich poprawności.
A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance. He had no money to spare on trifles. Believe me, it's the least I can do, a mere trifle.
: to talk in a jesting or mocking manner or with intent to delude or mislead. : to handle something idly. trifle, toy, dally, flirt, coquet mean to deal with or act toward without serious purpose. trifle may imply playfulness, unconcern, indulgent contempt. toy implies acting without full attention or serious exertion of one's powers.
You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order to make something you say seem less extreme. As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing. 'There we go,' said Diane, a trifle too cheerily. His uniform made him look a trifle out of place. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
27 wrz 2024 · trifle (third-person singular simple present trifles, present participle trifling, simple past and past participle trifled) ( intransitive ) To deal with something as if it were of little importance or worth.
Trifle comes from the Middle English trufle, meaning "fraud, joke, trick." You'll usually hear it used to mean "insignificant, trivial." If you write a little ditty to sing at a birthday party, you could say it's just a trifle. As a verb, trifle means "toy with, waste."
