| 释义 |
quisquilious, a. rare.|kwɪˈskwɪlɪəs|
[f. L. quisquiliæ f. pl., waste matter, refuse, rubbish, etc.]
Of the nature of rubbish or refuse.
1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) IV. 412 The science is overloaded by the quisquilious matter they rake together. a1832― Deontol. (1834) I. 295 Dr. Priestley..expunged what, in the quaint phraseology once in vogue, was called the ‘quisquilious matter’. 1857Fraser's Mag. LVI. 460 Besides garden fruit insects and worms, the Jay's diet is sufficiently quisquilious. |