- 1愛挑小毛病的人;吹毛求疵的人
A nitpicker is a person who looks for tiny faults and will not let them go. The picture is the same as nit-picking: someone going through hair for nits, those tiny louse eggs, and then using that picture for a person who picks at every small mistake.
A nitpicker is a person who looks for tiny faultsnitpicker指的是那種一直在找小毛病的人 and will not let them go而且抓到就不放 The picture is the same as nit-picking這個畫面跟nit-picking一樣 someone going through hair for nits, those tiny louse eggs就是有人在頭髮裡翻找nits,那些小小的蝨子卵 and then using that picture for a person who picks at every small mistake然後把這個畫面拿來形容那種每個小錯誤都要挑的人
We use it about people, not about things. It is informal, and it is almost always .
We use it about people, not about things我們用它來說人,不是用來說事情 It is informal, and it is almost always unkind這是個口語的字,而且幾乎都不太友善
You might say it with a laugh about a friend who checks every , or with real about a boss. Though actually, every team needs someone who catches the small mistakes before a letter goes out — the sting is in the idea that the person cares about the wrong size of thing. You may also see nit-picker with a ; same person.
You might say it with a laugh about a friend who checks every comma你可能笑著用它形容一個連逗號都要檢查的朋友 or with real annoyance about a boss也可能是真的不爽地用它形容一個老闆 Though actually, every team needs someone who catches the small mistakes before a letter goes out不過其實每個團隊都需要一個在信件寄出前抓出小錯誤的人 the sting is in the idea that the person cares about the wrong size of thing刺人的地方在於,這暗示這個人在意的東西「份量不對」 You may also see nit-picker with a hyphen; same person你也可能看到帶連字號的nit-picker,指的是同一種人
core核心畫面
組成From nitpick + -er (a person who does that).
同家族的字
- nitpickthe verb this person does
- nit-pickingthe habit or the comments
- nitpickingthe same habit, written as one word
- nitthe tiny louse egg in the original picture
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
nitpickernoun/ˈnɪt.pɪk.ə(ɹ)/
- 1
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。