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单词 trivia
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trivia

noun

triv·​ia ˈtri-vē-ə How to pronounce trivia (audio)
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
1
a
: unimportant matters : trivial facts or details
But all this is trivia. Feshbach's basic concerns run deeper. Cullen Murphy
b
: facts (as about people or events) that are not well-known
celebrity trivia
What follows is a small glossary of golf slang and trivia to help you talk as good a game as you play … Rachel Urquhart
often used before another noun
a trivia booktrivia buffs
2
singular in construction : a quizzing game involving obscure facts
often used before another noun
trivia night

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web If mostly a happy accident and fun bit of trivia, the coincidence does speak to the sense of community that Zlotowski tries to build both onscreen and off. Ben Croll, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 However, in 2017 Gossip Girl executive producer Joshua Safran gave Vanity Fair a strange bit of trivia regarding the exes. Savannah Walsh, ELLE, 1 Sep. 2022 Each team played a first round of trivia which was followed by a race to see how fast each team could assemble a bicycle. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2022 What’s more, the network’s Sunday lineup will be filled with lots of trivia because Celebrity Jeopardy! Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 5 July 2022 Three kids compete in rounds of trivia to test their animation knowledge; this week Charles, Julia and Tori take the stage. Olivia Mccormack, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 The book could easily have been just a frothy collection of trivia, but Bjornerud skillfully feeds the reader nibbles of geology’s meatier concepts like deep time, plate tectonics, and the co-evolution of life and our planet. Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 7 May 2022 Contestants answer trivia questions for the chance to earn a spin that stops on one of a sequence of lighted squares on the Big Board. San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022 Players must uncover trivia questions that are high up on a wall, find and unlock the heavy medicine ball chained up with the correct answer to that question, and then lift the medicine ball up and over the wall. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, back-formation from Latin trivialis

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

trivia

noun plural

triv·​ia ˈtri-vē-ə How to pronounce trivia (audio)
: interesting facts that are not well-known
Hint: Trivia can be used as a singular or a plural in writing and speaking.

trivia

noun

as in nonsense

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nonsense
  • claptrap
  • follies
  • drivel
  • bunk
  • fudges
  • fribbles
  • humbug
  • trash
  • songs
  • humbuggeries
  • peanuts
  • straw
  • rot
  • drams
  • hogwashes
  • pittances
  • two bits
  • trivialities
  • bits
  • pinheads
  • naught
  • ounces
  • particles
  • touches
  • spots
  • trifles
  • mites
  • specks
  • crumbs
  • smoke
  • shreds
  • soupçons
  • scintillas
  • fripperies
  • zeros
  • licks
  • small change
  • smidgens
  • bagatelles
  • small beer
  • zeroes
  • smidgins
  • smidgeons
  • dabs
  • smidges
  • traces
  • picayunes
  • shucks
  • nought
  • nonproblems
  • child's play
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