trivia

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/    美 /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information. countable,uncountable
    — These trivia take up too much of the day.
  2. plural of trivium form-of,plural
  3. A quiz game that involves obscure facts. countable,uncountable
    — I joined the trivia club this semester!

词形变化

trivia plural trivias plural

词汇关系

衍生词
administrivia triviaholic triviaphile
相关词
trivial triviality trivialize

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*tréyes
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-
Proto-Italic *wijā
Latin via
Latin -ius
Latin trivius
Latin trivia
English trivia
From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.
词源 2
PIE word
*tréyes
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-
Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-
Proto-Italic *wijā
Latin via
Latin -ius
Latin trivius
Latin trivia
English trivia
From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial.
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