paltry
paltry
(paltrier, paltriest)
paltriness
noun
语源
(paltrier, paltriest)
- (of an amount) very small or meager
非常少的；微不足道的
she would earn a paltry £33 more each month.
她将每月多挣区区33镑。
funding of the arts is paltry.
文科的资金少得可怜。
■petty; trivial
细微的；微不足道的
naval glory struck him as paltry.
海军的光荣在他看来微不足道。
paltriness
noun
语源
- mid 16th cent.: apparently based on dialect pelt 'rubbish, especially rags'; compare with Low German paltrig 'ragged'
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