(ไทร'เฟิล) n. เรื่องขี้ปะติ๋ว,เรื่องไม่สำคัญ,เรื่องจุกจิก,สิ่งปลีกย่อย,ข้อที่ไม่สำคัญ. vi. ล้อ,ล้อเล่น,หยอกล้อ,เสียเวลา, See also:trifler n., Syn. fool with,play,triviality,toy
[V] treat (a serious matter) as a trifle, See also:trifle with, Example: อย่าทำเป็นเล่นไปน่ะเรื่องนี้ตำรวจเขาเอาจริงนะ, Thai definition: ไม่แสดงอาการว่าจะทำจริงจัง
[もてあそぶ, moteasobu] (v5b,vt) (1) (uk) to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; (2) to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; (3) to do with something as one pleases; (4) to appreciate [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. t.
1. To make of no importance; to treat as a trifle. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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2. To spend in vanity; to fritter away; to waste; as, to
trifle away money. "We trifle time." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trifle \Tri"fle\, n. [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.
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With such poor trifles playing. --Drayton.
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Trifles light as air
Are to the jealous confirmation strong
As proofs of holy writ. --Shak.
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Small sands the mountain, moments make year,
And frifles life. --Young.
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2. A dish composed of sweetmeats, fruits, cake, wine, etc.,
with syllabub poured over it.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trifle \Tri"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trifled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trifling}.] [OE. trifelen, truflen. See {Trifle}, n.]
To act or talk without seriousness, gravity, weight, or
dignity; to act or talk with levity; to indulge in light or
trivial amusements.
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They trifle, and they beat the air about nothing which
toucheth us. --Hooker.
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{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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trifle
n 1: a cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with
fruit or jelly; may be decorated with nuts, cream, or
chocolate
2: a detail that is considered insignificant [syn:
{technicality}, {trifle}, {triviality}]
3: something of small importance [syn: {triviality}, {trivia},
{trifle}, {small beer}]
v 1: waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently [syn:
{piddle}, {wanton}, {wanton away}, {piddle away}, {trifle}]
2: act frivolously [syn: {frivol}, {trifle}]
3: consider not very seriously; "He is trifling with her"; "She
plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" [syn: {dally},
{trifle}, {play}]
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