"slight sin," 1590s (earlier in corrupt form peccadilian, 1520s), from Spanish pecadillo, diminutive of pecado "a sin," from Latin peccatum "a sin, fault, error," noun use of neuter past participle of peccare "to miss, mistake, make a mistake, do amiss; transgress, offend, be licentious, sin," perhaps literally "to stumble," from PIE *ped-ko-, suffixed form of root *ped- (1) "foot" (see foot (n.)).
双语例句
1. For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.
由于这次过失,他被降了级,又被打发去干徒步巡警了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
英英释意
1. a petty misdeed
实用场景例句
For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.
