noun🔗Share小钱，小额钱币 A small coin of the value of six-and-a-quarter cents; a fippenny bit.""Back then, a picayune could buy you a piece of candy at the corner store." "那时候，一个几分钱的小钱就能在街角的商店里买到一块糖。valueeconomyfinancebusinesshistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share五分钱，小钱。 A five-cent piece."My grandfather always called a nickel a "picayune." "我爷爷总是把五分镍币叫做“picayune”（小钱儿）。valueeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share鸡毛蒜皮，微不足道的东西. Something of very little value; a trifle."The lost button was a picayune; it didn't matter since I had a spare. "丢了一个纽扣是鸡毛蒜皮的小事，没关系，我还有备用的。valuethingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share吹毛求疵，琐屑，无足轻重的小事。 An argument, fact, corner case, or other issue raised (often intentionally) that distracts from a larger issue at hand or fails to make any difference."The teacher dismissed the students' picayune argument about the color of the classroom walls, focusing instead on the more important matter of finishing the unit on fractions. "老师没有理会学生们对教室墙壁颜色吹毛求疵的争论，而是专注于更重要的完成分数单元的学习。communicationattitudepointlogiclanguagewordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share琐碎，微不足道。 Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance."Their argument was over such a picayune detail – whether the blue or green pen was used to sign the card – that I couldn't believe they were actually fighting. "他们的争吵竟然是为了如此琐碎的细节——用蓝色笔还是绿色笔签名——我简直不敢相信他们真的在吵架。attitudevaluecharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share小气的，心胸狭窄的，斤斤计较的。 Small-minded; childishly spiteful, tending to go on about unimportant things."The employee's picayune complaints about the office coffee machine distracted the team from important project deadlines. "那名员工因为办公室咖啡机这点鸡毛蒜皮的小事不停抱怨，让整个团队都无法专心完成重要的项目截止日期，真是小气。characterattitudemindnegativeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
