halfpenny 英 ['heɪpnɪ] 　 美 ['heɪpnɪ]

halfpenny

halfpenny　 英 ['heɪpnɪ] 美 ['heɪpnɪ]

n. （英）半便士铜币；小钱　 adj. 半便士的；微不足道的　

名词复数:halfpennies　

A halfpenny’s the usual drop [gift], and you don’t get even that unless you give them a bit of backchat.　人们一给经常是半便士，可是除非你跟他们聊天，否则连半便士也挣不到。
There must be some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of birds living inside the four-mile radius, and it is rather a pleasing thought that none of them pays a halfpenny of rent.　方圆四英里以内栖息的鸟类一定有数十万之多——如果没有几百万的话，想到人们无须为此支付哪怕是半个便士的租金，这的确是件令人相当快慰的事情。

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  • n. （英）半便士铜币；小钱
  • adj. 半便士的；微不足道的

  • 1. A halfpenny’s the usual drop [gift], and you don’t get even that unless you give them a bit of backchat.

    人们一给经常是半便士，可是除非你跟他们聊天，否则连半便士也挣不到。

  • 2. There must be some hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of birds living inside the four-mile radius, and it is rather a pleasing thought that none of them pays a halfpenny of rent.

    方圆四英里以内栖息的鸟类一定有数十万之多——如果没有几百万的话，想到人们无须为此支付哪怕是半个便士的租金，这的确是件令人相当快慰的事情。

  • 3. It does not exist in schools; but every adult who derives his knowledge of public affairs from the newspapers can take in, at the cost of an extra halfpenny, two papers of opposite politics.

    不过对于从报纸里了解公共事务的成年人来说，他们可以多花几毛钱购买两份政见不同的报纸。

  • halfpenny (n.) mid-13c. (though implied in Old English healfpenigwurð "halfpenny-worth"); see half + penny.
half·penny noun ( plural half·pennies ) 1 ( also ha'penny ) / ˈheɪpni ; NAmE ˈheɪpni / a British coin in use until 1971, worth half a penny. There were 480 halfpenniesin a pound. 半便士硬币（1971 年前使用的英国硬币，480 半便士硬币为一英镑） 2 / ˈhɑːfpeni ; NAmE ˈhɑːfpeni / ( also half·pence / ˌhɑːfˈpens ; NAmE ˌhɑːfˈpens / ) a British coin in use between 1971 and 1984, worth half a penny. There were 200 halfpenniesin a pound. 半便士硬币（1971 至 1984 年间使用的英国硬币，200 半便士硬币为一英镑） IDIOMsee spoil   v. halfpenny halfpennies halfpenny / ˈheɪpni ; NAmE ˈheɪpni /
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