peccadillo

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英 [,pekə'dɪləʊ] 美

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释义

n. 轻罪；小过失；小瑕疵

词态变化

复数: peccadilloes; peccadillos;

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中文词源

peccadillo 小罪过，岔子，小错

来自西班牙语pecado,罪过，罪恶，-illo,小词后缀，来自拉丁语peccare,犯错，错误，犯罪，可能来自pedica,脚，脚链，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,biped,impeach.其原义可能为不慎跌倒，摔倒，后引申词义犯错，罪过，罪恶。

英文词源

peccadillo (n.): "slight sin," 1590s (earlier in corrupt form peccadilian, 1520s), from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado "a sin," from Latin peccatum "a sin, fault, error," noun use of neuter past participle of peccare "to miss, mistake, make a mistake, do amiss; transgress, offend, be licentious, sin," perhaps literally "to stumble," from PIE *ped-ko-, suffixed form of root *ped- (1) "foot" (see foot (n.)).

双语例句

1. For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.: 由于这次过失,他被降了级,又被打发去干徒步巡警了.

英英释意

1. a petty misdeed

实用场景例句

For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.: 由于这次过失,他被降了级,又被打发去干徒步巡警了.

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