| 单词 | piffle |
| 释义 | piffle noun[U] old-fashionedinformaluk/ˈpɪf.əl/us/ˈpɪf.əl/nonsense: 废话；胡说八道Jo really doestalka lot of piffle sometimes.乔有时确实废话很多。 Synonyms balderdashold-fashioned nonsense rubbishinformal tripe(STUPID IDEAS)mainlyUKinformal Nonsense
Examplesofpifflepiffle It is all this "piffleand poppycock"—the profit motive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never seen suchpifflein all my life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think all this is a lot ofpiffle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In that case, let us be clear that all this is simplypiffleand wind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have time to deal with this piffling measure this evening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To leave matters to a mayoral fund is piffling and is not the answer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It leads to a great deal of time being taken up in the courts on rather piffling and futile prosecutions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If not, the savings would be piffling and not worth all the confusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These same duties, which were too utterly piffling to keep out imports, will be fatally effective in keeping out reparations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that, while not wishing to abolish commercial television, he thought their programmes were "vulgar"and"deplorable"and that their output was"piffle". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has talked enoughpifflefor one day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the long term, of course, that is completepiffle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he say that there is anything in those allegations; or does he say that they are absolutepiffle? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What we are giving them in aid is piffling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But that amount is piffling when compared with the subsidies poured into manufacturing industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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