English-Thai Dictionary
trifle
N ขนมเค้กช นิดหนึ่ง ka-nom-keak-cha-nid-nuang
trifle
N รายละเอียด รายละเอียด ปลีกย่อย rai-la-iad
trifle
N เรื่องไร้สาระ เรื่องเหลวไหล เรื่องไม่เป็นเรื่อง เรื่องเล็ก น้อย ruang-rai-sa-ra
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TRIFLE
n.A thing of very little value or importance; a word applicable to any thing and every thing of this character. With such poor trifles playing.
Moments make the year, and trifles, life.
Trifles
Are to the jealous confirmations strong.
TRIFLE
v.i.To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight or dignity; to act or talk with levity. They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us.
1. To indulge in light amusements.
To trifle with, to mock; to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness.
To trifle with, to spend in vanity; to waste.
To trifle away, to no good purpose; as, to trifle with time, or to trifle away time; to trifle with advantages.
TRIFLE
v.t.To make of no importance. [Not in use. ]
TRIFLER
n.One who trifles or acts with levity.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TRIFLE
Tri "fle, n. Etym: [OE. trifle, trufle, OF. trufle mockery, raillery, trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being applied to any small or worthless object. See Truffle. ]
1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak. Small sands the mountain, moments make year, And frifles life. Young.
2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc. , with syllabub poured over it.
TRIFLE
Tri "fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trifling. ]Etym: [OE. trifelen, truflen. See Trifle, n.]
Defn: To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or trivial amusements. They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which toucheth us. Hooker. To trifle with, to play the fool with; to treat without respect or seriousness; to mock; as, to trifle with one's feelings, or with sacred things.
TRIFLE
TRIFLE Tri "fle, v. t.
1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs. ] Shak.
2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to trifle away money. "We trifle time. " Shak.
TRIFLER
TRIFLER Tri "fler, n.
Defn: One who trifles. Waterland.
New American Oxford Dictionary
trifle
tri fle |ˈtrīfəl ˈtraɪfəl | ▶noun 1 a thing of little value or importance: we needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles. • [ in sing. ] a small amount of something: the thousand yen he'd paid seemed the merest trifle. 2 Brit. a cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (trifle with ) treat (someone or something ) without seriousness or respect: he is not a man to be trifled with | men who trifle with women's affections. 2 archaic talk or act frivolously: we will not trifle —life is too short. • [ with obj. ] (trifle something away ) waste something, esp. time, frivolously. PHRASES a trifle a little; somewhat: his methods are a trifle eccentric. DERIVATIVES tri fler |-f (ə )lər |noun ORIGIN Middle English (also denoting an idle story told to deceive or amuse ): from Old French trufle, by-form of trufe ‘deceit, ’ of unknown origin. The verb derives from Old French truffler ‘mock, deceive. ’
Oxford Dictionary
trifle
trifle |ˈtrʌɪf (ə )l | ▶noun 1 a thing of little value or importance: we needn't trouble the headmaster over such trifles. • [ in sing. ] a small amount of something: the thousand yen he'd paid seemed the merest trifle. 2 Brit. a cold dessert of sponge cake and fruit covered with layers of custard, jelly, and cream. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 (trifle with ) treat without seriousness or respect: he is not a man to be trifled with | men who trifle with women's affections. 2 archaic talk or act frivolously: we will not trifle —life is too short. • [ with obj. ] (trifle something away ) waste something, especially time, frivolously. PHRASES a trifle a little; somewhat: his methods are a trifle eccentric. DERIVATIVES trifler noun ORIGIN Middle English (also denoting an idle story told to deceive or amuse ): from Old French trufle, by-form of trufe ‘deceit ’, of unknown origin. The verb derives from Old French truffler ‘mock, deceive ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
trifle
trifle noun 1 we needn't bother the principal over such trifles: unimportant thing, trivial thing, triviality, thing of no importance, thing of no consequence, bagatelle, inessential, nothing; technicality, nonissue; (trifles ) trivia, minutiae, flummery, small potatoes. 2 we wrapped up a few trifles as party favors: bauble, trinket, knickknack, gimcrack, gewgaw, toy; informal whatnot. 3 he bought it for a trifle : next to nothing, a very small amount; a pittance; informal peanuts, chump change. PHRASES a trifle Candace is a trifle miffed at Brad: a little, a bit, somewhat, a touch, a mite, a whit; informal a tad. trifle with you should never have trifled with her emotions: play with, amuse oneself with, toy with, dally with, be flippant with, flirt with, play fast and loose with, mess about with; dated sport with.
Oxford Thesaurus
trifle
trifle noun 1 we needn't bother the headmaster over such trifles: unimportant thing /matter, trivial thing /matter, triviality, thing /matter of no consequence, thing /matter of no importance, bagatelle, inessential, nothing; technicality; (trifles ) trivia, minutiae. 2 a horse he had bought for a trifle and sold for an incredible sum: very small amount, next to nothing, hardly anything; pittance; informal peanuts, piddling amount; N. Amer. informal chump change. ANTONYMS small fortune. 3 he went into town to buy a few trifles for Christmas: bauble, trinket, knick-knack, gimcrack, gewgaw, toy; informal whatnot; Brit. informal doodah. PHRASES a trifle he looked a trifle apprehensive: a little, a bit, somewhat, a touch, a spot, a mite, a whit; informal a tad, ish. ANTONYMS very, extremely. ▶verb PHRASES trifle with I loathe men who trifle with women's affections: treat in a cavalier fashion, treat lightly, treat frivolously, treat casually, play ducks and drakes with; dally with, play with, amuse oneself with, toy with, flirt with, play fast and loose with; informal mess about /around; archaic sport with, wanton with, palter with.
Duden Dictionary
Trifle
Tri fle Substantiv, Neutrum , das |traɪfl̩ |englisch trifle, eigentlich = Kleinigkeit kuchenartige englische Süßspeise
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
trifle
tri fle /tráɪf (ə )l /名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 ｟かたく ｠〖a ～; 副詞的に 〗少し ▸ The girl was a trifle shy .その少女は少し内気だった .2 C ｟やや古 ｠つまらないこと [物 ], くだらないこと ▸ It's silly to quarrel over trifles .つまらないことで言い争うのはばかげている .3 C 少量, わずかの金 ▸ \100,000 is a mere trifle to him .10万円は彼にはわずかの額だ .4 C U ｟英 ｠トライフル 〘リキュールやシェリーに浸したスポンジケーキに, カスタード ジャム フルーツなどを加えた冷たいデザート 〙.5 C しろめ (pewter )の一種 〘合金 〙; 〖～s 〗しろめ製の器具 .動詞 他動詞 «…に » 〈金 時間 〉を浪費する (away ) «on » .自動詞 ｟かたく ｠〖主に否定文で 〗【人 物 事を 】軽く扱う ; 【物を 】いじくる ; 【人の気持ちなどを 】もてあそぶ «with » .
The Wordsmith Dictionary