dime
英 [daɪm]
美 [daɪm]
- n. 一角硬幣
- n. (Dime)人名；(塞)迪梅
助記提示
1. ten => dime => "a tenth, a tenth part" (of dollar) => 一角硬幣, 10美分硬幣.
2. ten => tithe.
中文詞源
dime 十分硬幣來自拉丁語decima, 十，十分之一，詞源同ten, December. 用於貨幣單位。比較dinar.
英文詞源
- dime
- dime: [14] Dime originally meant ‘tenth part’, and often specifically a ‘tax of one tenth, tithe’: ‘From all times it was ordained to pay dimes or tithes unto the Lord’, James Howell, Lexicon tetraglotton 1660. It came via Old French disme from Latin decima ‘tenth part’, a derivative of decem ‘ten’ (to which English ten is related). The application of the word to a coin worth one tenth of a US dollar dates from the 1780s.
=> decimal, ten - dime (n.)
- chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10 cent coin, from dime "a tenth, tithe" (late 14c.), from Old French disme (Modern French dîme) "a tenth part," from Latin decima (pars) "tenth (part)," from decem "ten" (see ten).
The verb meaning "to inform" (on someone) is 1960s, from the then-cost of a pay phone call. A dime a dozen "almost worthless" first recorded 1930. Phrase stop on a dime attested by 1954 (a dime being the physically smallest unit of U.S. currency).
雙語例句
- 1. I pressed a dime into his grubby mitt.
- 我把一個十分硬幣塞進他髒兮兮的手裏。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A dime is a tenth of a dollar.
- 一角銀幣是十分之一美元.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. A dime is an American coin worth ten cents.
- 一個dime是一枚價值10美分的硬幣.
來自互聯網
- 4. In the squares place a penny, nickel, dime and quarter in that order. The object is to reverse the order of these coins.
- 在這些方塊中按順序放置1分、5分、10分和25分的硬幣各一枚。目標是顛倒這些硬幣的順序。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The gentleman looked him over and fished for a dime.
- 這個紳士打量了他一下,伸手想摸塊1角的銀幣.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹