sixpence怎么读
音标：英 ['sɪksp(ə)ns]
美['sɪkspəns]
sixpence是什么意思
- n. （英）六便士（硬币）
- n. (Sixpence)人名；(英)西克斯彭斯
sixpence的词态变化
复数: sixpences;
英文词源
- 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.
sixpence的双语例句
- 1. I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it.
- 我昨天给了他六便士,并建议他把这点钱积存起来.
来自《用法词典》
- 2. Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
- 周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新.
来自辞典例句
- 3. He took sixpence from the palm of her hand and went to the counter to pay.
- 他从她手心里拿了六便士到柜台付了钱.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye.
- 唱一支六便士之歌,满口袋的黑麦.
来自互联网
- 5. The organ - player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence.
- 他们给了风琴手六便士,命令他走开.
来自互联网
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