piddling

英 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]

美 [ˈpɪdlɪŋ]

adj.  琐碎的; 鸡毛蒜皮的
v.  撒尿
piddle的现在分词

现在分词：piddling　

GRE

BNC.42982 / COCA.32291

牛津词典

adj.

• 琐碎的；鸡毛蒜皮的
  small and unimportant

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的；无关紧要的
  Piddlingmeans small or unimportant.
  1. ...arguing over piddling amounts of money.
     为一点小钱争吵

英英释义

adj

• (informal) small and of little importance
  1. a fiddling sum of money
  2. a footling gesture
  3. our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
  4. a little (or small) matter
  5. a dispute over niggling details
  6. limited to petty enterprises
  7. piffling efforts
  8. giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction
  Synonym:fiddlingfootlinglilliputianlittlenigglingpifflingpettypicayunetrivial

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