petty 音标拼音: [p'ɛti]
a . 琐碎的,小规模的,小气的
琐碎的,小规模的,小气的
petty adj 1 :
inferior in rank or status ; "
the junior faculty "; "
a lowly corporal "; "
petty officialdom "; "
a subordinate functionary " [
synonym : {
junior -
grade }, {
lower -
ranking },
{
lowly }, {
petty (
a )}, {
secondary }, {
subaltern }]
2 : (
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 " [
synonym : {
fiddling },
{
footling }, {
lilliputian }, {
little }, {
niggling }, {
piddling },
{
piffling }, {
petty }, {
picayune }, {
trivial }]
3 :
contemptibly narrow in outlook ; "
petty little comments ";
"
disgusted with their small -
minded pettiness " [
synonym : {
petty },
{
small -
minded }]
n 1 :
larceny of property having a value less than some amount (
the amount varies by locale ) [
synonym : {
petit larceny }, {
petty larceny }, {
petty }] [
ant : {
grand larceny }, {
grand theft }]
Petty \
Pet "
ty \ (
p [
e ^]
t "
t [
y ^]),
a . [
Compar . {
Pettier }
(
p [
e ^]
t "
t [
i ^]*[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
Pettiest }.] [
OE .
petit ,
F .
petit ;
probably of Celtic origin ,
and akin to E .
piece .
Cf .
{
Petit }.]
Little ;
trifling ;
inconsiderable ;
unimportant ;
also ,
inferior ;
subordinate ;
as ,
a petty fault ;
petty complaints ;
a petty prince . --
Denham .
[
1913 Webster ]
Like a petty god I walked about ,
admired of all . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Petty averages }.
See under {
Average }.
{
Petty cash },
money expended or received in small items or amounts .
{
Petty officer },
a subofficer in the navy ,
as a gunner ,
etc .,
corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
For petty constable ,
petty jury ,
petty larceny ,
petty treason ,
See {
Petit }.
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1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Little ;
diminutive ;
inconsiderable ;
inferior ;
trifling ;
trivial ;
unimportant ;
frivolous .
[
1913 Webster ]
176 Moby Thesaurus words for "
petty ":
Mickey Mouse ,
abject ,
abominable ,
arrant ,
atrocious ,
authoritarian ,
base ,
beggarly ,
bickering ,
bigot ,
bigoted ,
borne ,
captious ,
casual ,
caviling ,
cheap ,
cheesy ,
choplogic ,
close ,
closed ,
constricted ,
contemptible ,
cramped ,
creedbound ,
crummy ,
cursory ,
deaf ,
deaf to reason ,
debased ,
deficient ,
degraded ,
depraved ,
depthless ,
despicable ,
dinky ,
dirty ,
disgusting ,
equivocatory ,
evasive ,
execrable ,
fanatical ,
few ,
flagrant ,
footling ,
foul ,
fulsome ,
grave ,
gross ,
grudging ,
hairsplitting ,
hedging ,
heinous ,
hidebound ,
illiberal ,
imperfect ,
impertinent ,
inadequate ,
incompetent ,
inconsequent ,
inconsequential ,
inconsiderable ,
inessential ,
inferior ,
insignificant ,
insufficient ,
insular ,
irrelevant ,
jerkwater ,
light ,
little ,
little -
minded ,
logic -
chopping ,
low ,
low -
down ,
lumpen ,
maladroit ,
mangy ,
meager ,
mean ,
mean -
minded ,
mean -
spirited ,
measly ,
mediocre ,
mingy ,
miniature ,
minor ,
miserable ,
miserly ,
monstrous ,
narrow ,
narrow -
hearted ,
narrow -
minded ,
narrow -
souled ,
narrow -
spirited ,
nearsighted ,
nefarious ,
negligible ,
niggardly ,
niggling ,
nit -
picking ,
no great shakes ,
not comparable ,
not in it ,
nugatory ,
obnoxious ,
odious ,
of no account ,
one -
horse ,
out of it ,
paltering ,
paltry ,
parochial ,
parsimonious ,
peanut ,
peddling ,
pettifogging ,
picayune ,
picayunish ,
piddling ,
piffling ,
pimping ,
poky ,
poor ,
provincial ,
punk ,
puny ,
purblind ,
pussyfooting ,
quibbling ,
rank ,
reptilian ,
scabby ,
scrubby ,
scruffy ,
scummy ,
scurvy ,
shabby ,
shallow ,
shoddy ,
shoestring ,
short ,
shortsighted ,
shuffling ,
skin -
deep ,
slight ,
small ,
small -
beer ,
small -
minded ,
small -
time ,
squalid ,
stingy ,
straitlaced ,
stuffy ,
superficial ,
tight ,
tight -
fisted ,
tinhorn ,
tiny ,
trichoschistic ,
trifling ,
trinal ,
trivial ,
two -
bit ,
two -
by -
four ,
twopenny -
halfpenny ,
uncatholic ,
uncharitable ,
unchivalrous ,
unconsidered ,
ungenerous ,
unimportant ,
unliberal ,
unmentionable ,
unskillful ,
vile ,
wretched
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