trifle

1. PHRASE You can use a trifle to mean slightly or to a small extent, especially in order to make something you say seem less extreme. 有點兒[老式]

As a photographer, he'd found both locations just a trifle disappointing. 作爲一名攝影師，他發現這兩個地方都有點兒令人失望。

2. N-COUNT A trifle is something that is considered to have little importance, value, or significance. 瑣事; 微不足道的東西

He had no money to spare on trifles. 他沒錢花在瑣碎的東西上。

3. N-VAR Trifle is a cold dessert made of layers of sponge cake, fruit gelatin, fruit, and custard, and usually covered with cream. 屈萊弗甜食 (由蛋糕、果凍、水果、蛋嬭沙司做成，上澆鮮嬭油。)

...a bowl of trifle. …一碗屈萊弗甜食。