| 词汇 | penny |
| 释义 | penny noun[ C ] uk /ˈpen.i/ us /ˈpen.i/pluralpence, p or pennies B1pluralp, pence or pennies(abbreviationp) the smallest unit of money in the UK, of which there are 100 in a pound, or a small coin worth this much. You use "pence" or, more informally, "p" when you are talking about the units of money and pennies when you are talking about the coins themselves: （英国）便士（最小的货币单位，100便士为1英镑，表示币值时用 pence 或在非正式场合也可用 p，而表示硬币本身时用 pennies） Could you lend me 50 pence/50p please?你能借给我50便士吗？ I found a ten/twenty/fifty pence piece(= a coin of this value) on the floor.我在地上捡到了一枚面值10／20／50便士的硬币。 I keep pennies and other small coins in a jar.我把便士和其他小硬币放在一个罐子里。 pluralpennies in the US and Canada, a cent or a coin of this value（美国和加拿大的）分（币） pluralpence or pennies(alsoold penny); (abbreviationd) in the UK before 1971, a large coin. There were twelve pennies in a shilling.便士（英国在1971年以前使用的大硬币，12便士等于1先令） pluralpence or pennies used when talking about the smallest amount of money possible: 一枚钱；一分一厘 Buy a TV now and it won't cost you a penny (= will cost nothing) for three months.现在买一台电视，三个月不用付一分钱。 It was an expensive meal but worth every penny.这顿饭很贵，但每分钱都很值。 He has calculated the costs down to the last penny.他把每一便士的费用都计算在内了。 Ten pence is donated to charity for every bottle sold.每售出1瓶就会有10便士捐给慈善机构。 I keep pennies and other small coins in a jar.我把便士和其他小硬币放在一个罐子里。 When we were first married we had to pinch pennies just to get by.我们刚结婚时不得不精打细算才得以勉强维持生计。 The machine will only accept 10p coins. British money bit bob copper crown farthing fiver P, p pence pound pound sign pound sterling quid shilling sixpenny smacker sovereign threepenny tuppence tuppenny twopenny You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: North American money Payment methods Idiomsbe penny-wise and pound-foolish be two/ten a penny in for a penny (in for a pound) not have a penny to your name the penny drops (a) penny for your thoughts a penny saved is a penny earned -penny suffix UKuk / -pen.i/ us / -pen.i/ used in the past with numbers to show how many pence something cost: （旧时的用法）值…便士的 a fourpenny ice-cream一份4便士的冰激凌 British money bit bob copper crown farthing fiver P, p pence pound pound sign pound sterling quid shilling sixpenny smacker sovereign threepenny tuppence tuppenny twopenny penny | American Dictionarypenny noun[ C ] us/ˈpen·i/ in the US and Canada, a coin worth 1/100th of a dollar; a cent: I keep pennies in a jar. A penny can also mean the smallest amount of money possible or the total cost of something: Our insurance didn’t cover a penny of our medical bills. It was an expensive meal but worth every penny. Idioma penny for your thoughts penny | Business Englishpenny noun[ C ] uk /ˈpeni/us MONEY abbreviationpluralpence | pennies(alsop) the smallest unit of money used in the UK. There are 100 pence in one pound (= the currency of the UK): a 20/50p piece Shares in the rival group are up 7 pence at 638p. MONEY pluralpennies in the US and Canada, a cent (= one hundredth of a dollar) used in expressions to refer to a very small amount of money: We have never taken a penny of aid from federal government. If you pay it back within six months, you won't pay a penny in interest. Examples of pennypenny It was only in the late 1820s that transactions in pounds, shillings and pence became virtually extinct. It was those disadvantages which explain in part the persistence of accounts in pounds, shillings and pence until well into the nineteenth century. This information complicates our assumptions about penny-weekly fiction; it also suggests that we need to rethink matters of form. In cases like (17) the (implied) debt is referential, but the pennies to pay it off are not (yet). Most of the staff of the technical universities and the research laboratories are now pensioners - and they work for pennies. I think they were brought up saving money and being very careful with every penny they had that they just didn't want to spend it. Accommodations for women included standard water closets available for their use at a charge of one penny. While these were denominated in pounds, shillings and pence there was no parity of value. By 1638 he and his wife were living in half of a four-room house, paying a yearly rent of twelve pence. Without redirecting the focus of economic evaluation research, choosing in health care bears the risk to remain penny-wise but pound-foolish. The corresponding blocks in would consist of a singleton block and k blocks of size 2, and hence cost only k pence in total. Of these, 7 (58.3 per cent) were for 6 pence, one for 12d, two for 16d, one for 3s and one for 4s. The eight pence he earned per day was, he said, substantial salary, especially when a man lived with a relative as he did. Urinals were offered as a free public service by municipal governments, and men were often charged a penny for water closets. The penny, however, and the question one inevitably confronted about whether to spend it to access the lavatory, has a much longer history. See all examples of penny These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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