Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary полностью

1 N‑UNCOUNT Trivia is unimportant facts or details that are considered to be amusing rather than serious or useful. □  The two men chatted about such trivia as their favourite kinds of fast food.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] A trivia game or competition is one where the competitors are asked questions about interesting but unimportant facts in many subjects. □  …a pub trivia game.

triv|ial /tr I viəl/ ADJ If you describe something as trivial , you think that it is unimportant and not serious. □  The director tried to wave aside these issues as trivial details that could be settled later.

trivi|al|ity /tr I viæ l I ti/ (trivialities ) N‑VAR If you refer to something as a triviality , you think that it is unimportant and not serious. □  He accused me of making a great fuss about trivialities. □  Interviews with politicians were juxtaposed with news items of quite astonishing triviality.

trivi|al|ize /tr I viəla I z/ (trivializes , trivializing , trivialized ) in BRIT, also use trivialise VERB If you say that someone trivializes something important, you disapprove of them because they make it seem less important, serious, and complex than it is. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V n] People continue to trivialize the world's environmental problems.

trod /trɒ d/ Trod is the past tense of tread .

trod|den /trɒ d ^ə n/ Trodden is the past participle of tread .

trog|lo|dyte /trɒ gləda I t/ (troglodytes )

1 N‑COUNT A troglodyte is someone who lives in a cave. [FORMAL ]

2 N‑COUNT If you refer to someone as a troglodyte , you mean that they are unsophisticated and do not know very much about anything. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  He dismissed advocates of a completely free market as economic troglodytes.

troi|ka /trɔ I kə/ (troikas ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] Journalists sometimes refer to a group of three powerful politicians or states as a troika . □ [+ of ] …leader of the troika of past, present and future presidents.

tro|jan /troʊ dʒən/ (trojans ) N‑COUNT A trojan is a computer program that gets access to a computer or system by appearing to be harmless, but is designed to do something damaging. [COMPUTING ] □  Spammers gain control of your computer by infecting it with a trojan.

Tro|jan horse /troʊ dʒən hɔː ^r s/ (Trojan horses )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you describe a person or thing as a Trojan horse , you mean that they are being used to hide someone's true purpose or intentions. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  They claim he is a Trojan horse being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination. [Also + for/of ]

2 N‑COUNT A Trojan horse the same as a trojan . [COMPUTING ]

troll /trɒ l, troʊ l/ (trolls , trolling , trolled )

1 N‑COUNT In Scandinavian mythology, trolls are creatures who look like ugly people. They live in caves or on mountains and steal children.

2 VERB If you troll somewhere, you go there in a casual and unhurried way. [mainly BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V prep/adv] I trolled along to see Michael Frayn's play, 'Noises Off'.

3 VERB If you troll through papers or files, you look through them in a fairly casual way. [mainly BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [V + through ] Trolling through the files revealed a photograph of me drinking coffee in the office.

4 N‑COUNT A troll is someone who posts unkind or offensive messages on social media sites, and often tries to start arguments with other users. [COMPUTING ]

trol|ley /trɒ li/ (trolleys )