n.
- 【英】便士；一便士硬币[C]
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Please give me ten
pennies for this tenpence piece.
请替我把这十便士换成十个一便士硬币。
- 【美】一分；一分硬币[C]
- 一小笔钱；（用于否定句）一文钱[S]
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The excursion won't cost you a
penny if you go with us.
如果你与我们一起去，这趟旅行就不会花你一文钱。
Nobody will bet one
penny that they will succeed.
谁也不会花一个子儿打赌说他们会成功。
I paid a pretty
penny for that picture.
我花了一大笔钱买那幅画。
短语
A penny for your thoughts!
- 告诉我你在想什么！
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Hi! Tom.
A penny for your thoughts!喂！汤姆，你在想什么？
a pretty/fine penny
- 一大笔钱
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It costs
a pretty penny to keep a car nowadays because of the high price of petrol.
由于汽油价格高，现在拥有一辆汽车要耗费一大笔钱。
in for a penny, in for a pound
- 一不做，二不休
not have a penny to one's name
- 身无分文
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At the moment he does
n't have a penny to his name.
他现在身无分文。
pennies from heaven
- 意外之财；不费力而得的东西
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What we need now is
pennies from heaven.
我们现在需要的是意外之财。
penny wise and pound foolish
- 小处精明，大处浪费
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Forbidding private phone calls in the office cannot really reduce the company's expenses; it's just being
penny wise and pound foolish.
禁止在办公室打私人电话其实不能减少多少开支；反而是因小失大。
pinch pennies
- 精打细算
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We'll have to spend money when necessary. Don't try to
pinch pennies all the time.
该花钱时我们还是得花。别总是精打细算。
辨析
n.
(pl. for separate coins pennies, for a sum of money pence)
-
(abbrev.: p.)
a British bronze coin and monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a pound.
▸
(abbrev.: d.)
a former British coin and monetary unit equal to one twelfth of a shilling and 240th of a pound.
▸N. Amer. informal a one-cent coin.
▸(in biblical use) a denarius.
-
[with neg.]
(a penny)
no money at all.
Phrase
- be two
(or ten)
a penny
chiefly Brit. be plentiful and thus of little value. - in for a penny, in for a pound
expressing an intention to see an undertaking through, however much time, effort, or money this entails. - pennies from heaven
unexpected benefits. - the penny drops
informal, chiefly Brit. one finally realizes something. - a penny for your thoughts
a request to someone to say what they are thinking about.
Usage
On the different uses of the plural forms pence and pennies, see usage at pence.
Etymology
OE penig, penning of Gmc origin; perh. rel. to pawn2 and (with ref. to shape) pan1.
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