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trifle
UK
/ˈtraɪfəl/
US
/ˈtraɪfəl/
Translations
trifles
pl
UK
/ˈtraɪfəl/
US
/ˈtraɪfəl/
For dessert, we had a delicious trifle with layers of fruit and cream.
На десерт у нас был вкусный десерт с слоями фруктов и крема.
It was just a trifle, nothing to worry about.
Это был просто пустяк, не о чем беспокоиться.
He paid for the coffee with a trifle he found in his pocket.
Он заплатил за кофе мелочью, которую нашел в кармане.
Additional translations
trifled
Past Simple
trifled
Past Participle
trifling
Gerund
UK
/ˈtraɪ.fəl/
US
/ˈtraɪ.fəl/
He tends to trifle with serious matters.
Он склонен шутить с серьезными вопросами.
She doesn't like to trifle with people's emotions.
Ей не нравится играть с чувствами людей.
Additional translations
Attributive use referring to the dessert ‘trifle’, e.g. ‘trifle dish’. Not gradable in ordinary usage.
Used in the fixed expression “a trifle” and occasionally alone to mean ‘slightly; to a small degree’.
Synonyms
Definitions
He considered the matter a mere trifle and not worth his time.
For dessert, she served a delicious trifle with layers of strawberries and cream.
He trifled with her emotions, never intending to commit to the relationship.
She trifled away the afternoon browsing through old magazines.
She bought a special trifle bowl for the occasion.
I’m a trifle disappointed with the results.