footling

英 ['fuːtlɪŋ] 美 ['fuːtlɪŋ]

• adj. 不熟练的；笨拙的；无关紧要的；微小的；无用的；无价值的
• 动词footle的现在分词形式.

英英释义

Adjective:

1. (informal) small and of little importance;

   "a fiddling sum of money"
   "a footling gesture"
   "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
   "a little (or small) matter"
   "a dispute over niggling details"
   "limited to petty enterprises"
   "piffling efforts"
   "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
   

经典引文

• Paraphrases of great works, made by footling people.

  出自： G. B. Shaw

• Making up plots and complications, which he always found a bit footling.

  出自： J. Carey

词汇搭配

• footle 胡闹
• single footling 不完全臀
• footling presentation 足先露,脚踏莲花生,...

近反义词

【近义词】

• trivial 不重要的
• piddling 无用的
• piffling 琐碎的
• unimportant 不重要的
• insignificant 无关紧要的
• trifling 微不足道的
• inconsequential 不合逻辑的
• picayune 微小的
• petty 小的
• fiddling 无足轻重的
• little 小的
• niggling 琐碎的
• Lilliputian 极小的