trifle

🇬🇧 UK/'traifl/🇺🇸 US
IELTSGREC2

Definitions

v.

To treat something as unimportant; to behave or speak without seriousness

轻视,不认真对待;开玩笑,玩弄

n.

Something of little value or importance; a British dessert of custard, fruit, sponge cake, and cream

琐事,小事;(英式甜点)乳脂松糕

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
trifleother
=trifle

Common Collocations

  • 1.trifle with someone玩弄某人
  • 2.not to be trifled with不可轻视
  • 3.[trifle with an idea]对某想法漫不经心
  • 4.trifle with affections玩弄感情

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    You should not trifle with someone's feelings just to amuse yourself.

  • 2.

    He is not a man to be trifled with — he means every word he says.

  • 3.

    She trifled with the idea for a while but never committed to it.

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