英汉词典

penny 基本解释

• n. （美）分；便士

penny 词态变化

penny 中文词源

来自古英语penig,便士，来自Proto-Germanic*panninggaz,便士，可能借自拉丁语panna,小盘子，词源同pan.即形如小盘子。

penny 英文词源

penny

penny: [OE] Penny comes from a prehistoric Germanic *panninggaz, which also produced German pfennig and Dutch and Swedish penning. It has been speculated that this was derived from *pand- ‘pledge, security’, which also produced English pawn – in which case it would denote etymologically a ‘coin used in transactions involving the pledging of a sum as security’.
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penny (n.)

Old English pening, penig, Northumbrian penning "penny," from Proto-Germanic *panninggaz (cognates: Old Norse penningr, Swedish pänning, Danish penge, Old Frisian panning, Old Saxon pending, Middle Dutch pennic, Dutch penning, Old High German pfenning, German Pfennig, not recorded in Gothic, where skatts is used instead), of unknown origin.

Offa's reformed coinage on light, broad flans is likely to have begun c.760-5 in London, with an awareness of developments in Francia and East Anglia. ... The broad flan penny established by Offa remained the principal denomination, with only minor changes, until the fourteenth century. [Anna Gannon, "The Iconography of Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage," Oxford, 2003]

The English coin was originally set at one-twelfth of a shilling and was of silver, later copper, then bronze. There are two plural forms: pennies of individual coins, pence collectively. In translations it rendered various foreign coins of small denomination, especially Latin denarius, whence comes its abbreviation d.

As American English colloquial for cent, it is recorded from 1889. Penny-a-liner "writer for a journal or newspaper" is attested from 1834. Penny dreadful "cheap and gory fiction" dates from c. 1870. Phrase penny-wise and pound-foolish is recorded from c. 1600. Penny-pincher "miserly person" is recorded from 1906 (as an adjective penny-pinching is recorded from 1858, American English). Penny loafers attested from 1960.

penny 词组搭配

penny 英文释义

1. a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

2. a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

penny 双语例句

1. The directors of this company feel he's worth every penny.

这家公司的主管们觉得他值得栽培。

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2. Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon.

无铅汽油每加仑涨了1分多。

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3. Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.

政府吝啬被指责是食品标准下降的原因。

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4. Penny's only son was the apple of her eye.

彭妮的独子是她的心肝宝贝。

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5. The operation cost £100,000 and it was worth every penny.

那次手术花了10万英镑，但是花得非常值。

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penny 实用场景例句

He had a few pennies in his pocket.

他口袋里有几个便士的硬币。

牛津词典

That will be 45 pence, please.

一共是45便士。

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They cost 20p each.

这些东西每个要20便士。

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We collected £700 and every penny went to charity.

我们募集了700英镑，悉数捐给了慈善事业。

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It didn't cost a penny.

那东西没花一分钱。

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Cider also goes up by a penny a pint while sparkling wine will cost another eight pence a bottle.

苹果酒每品脱也涨了1便士，而汽酒则每瓶涨了8便士。

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...a shiny newly minted penny.

新铸造的锃亮的1便士硬币

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Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon.

无铅汽油每加仑涨了1分多。

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From the day you arrive at my house, you need not spend a single penny...

从你到我家那天起，你就一个子儿也不用花。

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The Brilliantons paid their rent on time and did not owe him a penny...

布里连顿夫妇按时交纳租金，一个子儿也不欠他的。

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'Did he know who you are?' — 'I think so. I think the penny dropped.'

“他知道你是谁吗？”——“我想是的。我觉得他是突然想到的。”

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Leggy blondes are two a penny in Hollywood.

在好莱坞，长腿金发美女遍地都是。

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The operation cost £100,000 and it was worth every penny...

那次手术花了10万英镑，但是花得非常值。

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The directors of this company feel he's worth every penny.

这家公司的主管们觉得他值得栽培。

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She was left without a penny.

她已到了贫困潦倒的地步.

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They've got to watch every penny to make ends meet.

他们得精打细算才能维持下去.

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He paid all his debts to the last penny.

他还清了全部债务,分文不欠.

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I gave him some old clothes which he made a penny of.

我给了他一些旧衣服,让他拿去换钱.

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Jim's uncle cut him off without a penny.

吉姆的叔叔没有留给他一文钱.

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That house must have cost a pretty penny.

那座房子肯定花了许多钱.

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Not a penny is left.

钱用得精光.

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Every penny was hard earned, and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it.

每个便士都那么难挣, 对于每个先令,都是到万不得已时才花掉它.

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He tossed a penny to the beggar.

他丢给乞丐一便士.

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The unrighteous penny corrupts the righteous pound.

不正当得来的便士使正当得来的英镑也受到玷污.

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He's never turned an honest penny in his life.

他一生中没有用正当手段赚过一点钱.

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Although Bill has been in trouble with the police, he earns an honest penny these days by driving a van.

尽管比尔被警察监禁过, 但他现在驾驶运货车,用正当的手段挣钱.

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