Pennyworth
[peniwә:θ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A penny's worth; as much as may be bought for a penny.
(n.) Hence: The full value of one's penny expended; due return for money laid out; a good bargain; a bargain.
(n.) A small quantity; a trifle.
編輯:梅齐
例句/造句/用法:
- On approaching nearer, Bella discerned that the refection had the appearance of a small cottage-loaf and a pennyworth of milk. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The cottage loaf and the pennyworth of milk had been set forth on a sheet of paper on the window-seat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The person who works the lace of a pair of fine ruffles for example, will sometimes raise the value of, perhaps, a pennyworth of flax to ?30 sterling. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- My own exclusive breakfast of a penny loaf and a pennyworth of milk, I provided myself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Such zests as his particular little phial of cayenne pepper and his pennyworth of pickles in a saucer, were not wanting. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- And again, _At a great pennyworth pause a while_. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- For in another place he says, _Many have been ruined by buying good pennyworths_. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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