paltry
形容词 adj.
英 /ˈpɒltɹi/|/ˈpɔːltɹi/
美 /ˈpɔltɹi/|/ˈpɑltɹi/|/ˈpɔltɹi/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Trashy, trivial, of little value.
— This is indeed a paltry flyer about a silly product.
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Of little monetary worth.
— Could someone hope to survive on such a paltry income?
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Despicable; contemptibly unimportant.
— a paltry coward
词汇关系
词源
From Middle Low German paltrig (“ragged, rubbishy, worthless”), from palter, palte (“cloth, rag, shred”), from Old Saxon *paltro, *palto (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *paltrô, *paltô (“scrap, rag, patch”). Of uncertain ultimate origin, but perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *polto- (“cloth”), see also Proto-Slavic *poltьno (“linen”).
Cognate with Low German palterig (“ragged, torn”), dialectal German palterig (“paltry”). Compare also Low German palte (“rag”), West Frisian palt (“rag”), Saterland Frisian Palte (“strip; band; tape”), dialectal German Palter (“rag”), Danish pjalt (“rag, tatter”), Swedish palta (“rag”). See also palterly and pelting.
Cognate with Low German palterig (“ragged, torn”), dialectal German palterig (“paltry”). Compare also Low German palte (“rag”), West Frisian palt (“rag”), Saterland Frisian Palte (“strip; band; tape”), dialectal German Palter (“rag”), Danish pjalt (“rag, tatter”), Swedish palta (“rag”). See also palterly and pelting.
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