Twopence
[tʌpәns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies.
克劳德整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A small coin, and money of account, in England, equivalent to two pennies, -- minted to a fixed annual amount, for almsgiving by the sovereign on Maundy Thursday.
校對:马尔科姆
例句/造句/用法:
- Not that that's much to do, for I'd do it for twopence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It brings me twopence a sheet, and I can often do from fifteen to twenty sheets in a day. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Last night, on being childishly solicited for twopence, to buy 'lemon-stunners'--a local sweetmeat--he presented an oyster-knife at the twins! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Well, I don't mind that; it's only twopence a piece more,' said Mr. Martin. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Judy, my child, says Grandfather Smallweed, give the person his twopence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I cried hot tears: not because Madame mistrusted me--I did not care twopence for her mistrust--but for other reasons. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Mr. Moore made him pay his penny down ere he entered, and informed him that the next repetition of the fault would cost him twopence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A penny saved is twopence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- She finds that women are working hard, and better than she can, for twopence a day. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Judy, give the person twopence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In 1842, a general issue of these Works, in weekly sheets or numbers, at twopence each, was commenced by the late Mr. Robert Cadell, of Edinburgh, and completed in 1847. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Here's old Bounderby always boasting that at my age he lived upon twopence a month, or something of that sort. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I don't care an English Twopence for myself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The twopenny rope, sir,' replied Mr. Weller, 'is just a cheap lodgin' house, where the beds is twopence a night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Which is twopence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
校對:西蒙