Bagatelle

(noun.) a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over.

(noun.) something of little value or significance.

(noun.) a light piece of music for piano.

杰夫编辑

• What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Mr. Tulkinghorn is received with distinction and seated near the coroner between that high judicial officer, a bagatelle-board, and the coal-box. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He was a member of the Baldwin, the Cavendish, and the Bagatelle card clubs. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Clubs: The Anglo-Indian, the Tankerville, the Bagatelle Card Club. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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