sixpence
英 ['sɪksp(ə)ns]
美 ['sɪkspəns]
- n. （英）六便士（硬幣）
- n. (Sixpence)人名；(英)西克斯彭斯
英文詞源
- sixpence (n.)
- late 14c., "sum of six pennies," from six + pence. As a specific British coin, from 1590s. Sixpenny (adj.) had a figurative sense "paltry, cheap, petty, worthless" by 1560s; sixpenny nails (early 15c.) cost so much per hundred.
雙語例句
- 1. I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it.
- 我昨天給了他六便士,並建議他把這點錢積存起來.
來自《用法詞典》
- 2. Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
- 周工資為六便士的年代,人們記憶猶新.
來自辭典例句
- 3. He took sixpence from the palm of her hand and went to the counter to pay.
- 他從她手心裏拿了六便士到櫃台付了錢.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye.
- 唱一支六便士之歌,滿口袋的黑麥.
來自互聯網
- 5. The organ - player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence.
- 他們給了風琴手六便士,命令他走開.
來自互聯網