• adj. 不值錢的；眼光狹小的；微不足道的
• n. 無價值之物；西班牙小幣

一種西班牙銀幣，值半里亞爾（Real,西班牙銀幣單位），借自法語方言picaillon,五分錢幣，來自picaio,錢幣。引申詞義不值錢的，微不足道的。

picayune (n.)

1804, "coin of small value," probably from Louisiana French picaillon "coin worth 5 cents," earlier the French name of an old copper coin of Savoy (1750), from Proven?al picaioun "small copper coin," from picaio "money," of uncertain origin. Adjectival figurative sense of "paltry, mean" recorded from 1813.

1. His action was unwarranted, picayune, and vindictive.

他的行為是非法的, 卑鄙的, 惡意的.

來自辭典例句