penny

[美國]/ˈpeni/
[英國]/ˈpeni/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 便士;(美)分
Word Forms
複數pennies

短語搭配

not a penny

不名一文,一分錢也沒有

spend a penny

上公共廁所(舊時英國公廁的自動門須投一便士硬幣後方行開啓)

pretty penny

一大筆錢;大數目之金錢

a bad penny

反覆出現的討厭的人;一再出現的不需要的人

two a penny

[英國口語]多得很;不值錢,多而賤的;平凡的;[口語]多的是;很便宜;

penny pincher

守財奴;小氣鬼

penny stock

便士股票,低價股

例句

a penny arcade; penny candy.

一便士遊樂場;一便士糖果

not bate a penny of it

一分錢也不能減(讓)

a penny-ante scandal of little substance.

幾乎沒有實質內容的可鄙醜聞。

Penny put in a tremendous amount of time.

彭尼投入了大量時間。

I paid a pretty penny for that ring.

我花了一大筆錢買了那個戒指

begrudged every penny spent.

吝惜花出的每一分錢

Give me a penny for 2 halfs.

給我兩枚半便士的硬幣。

make a penny profit on each orange

要每隻橘子盈利一便士

Brilliant students are ten a penny at that college.

出色的學生在那所大學裏有的是。

The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

不正當得來的便士使正當得來的英鎊也受到玷污。

A penny soul never came to twopence.

燕雀之志,成不了大志。

nobody begrudges a single penny spent on health.

爲健康花錢,誰也不會吝惜一個子兒。

Gabrielle's family cut her off without a penny .

加布麗埃勒的家族不讓她繼承一分錢。

he was gambling every penny he had on the spin of a wheel.

他把所有的錢都變成了輪盤上的賭注。

We spent every last penny we had on the house.

我們把所有的錢都花在房子上了。

Do you want to spend a penny before we leave?

我們離開前你要方便一下嗎?

Please give me ten pennies for this tenpence piece.

請替我把這十便士換成十個一便士硬幣。

Please give me six pennies for this sixpence.

請給我把這個六便士的硬幣換成六個一便士的硬幣。

原聲例句

The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue.

Stratford 的當地鄉紳們都質疑劇院有沒有爲當地的稅收收入做一點貢獻。

來源: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

One a penny, two a penny. Hot cross buns.

一分錢,兩分錢。熱騰騰的十字面包。

來源: Classic children's song animation Super Simple Songs

And she came out like a shiny new penny.

出來後變了一個人。

來源: Pretty Little Liars Season 3

Ron was fascinated by the fifty pence.

羅恩被那枚硬幣迷住了。

來源: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

You probably inherited every penny you got!

說不定你的每一份錢都是繼承的遺產!

來源: Tiger and Leopard: The Little Overlord (Original Soundtrack)

As Benjamin Franklin said, 'A penny saved is a penny earned.'

正如本傑明·富蘭克林所說,“省一文則賺一文。”

來源: Oxford Shanghai Edition High School English Grade 10 Second Semester

There's not a penny left in loans.

一分錢房貸都不剩。

來源: A man named Ove decides to die.

And is it worth us spending those extra pennies?

我們花這些額外的錢值得嗎?

來源: Gourmet Base

You give away pennies on Halloween, don't you?

你萬聖節是不是隻給錢 對不對?

來源: S03

Where did you get the pennies?

那些硬幣是哪來的?

來源: The original soundtrack of "The Little Prince" animated movie.

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