英语词汇“penny”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

nounWord forms: plural pennies or pence (pɛns)

1. Also called (formerly): new penny

(in Britain) a bronze coin having a value equal to one hundredth of a pound

Symbol: p

(in Britain before 1971) a bronze or copper coin having a value equal to one twelfth of a shilling or one two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound

Abbreviation: d

a former monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland worth one hundredth of a pound

4. Word forms: plural pennies

(in the US and Canada) a cent

a coin of similar value, as used in several other countries

6. (used with a negative) informal, mainly British

the least amount of money

I don't have a penny

7. a bad penny

8. a pretty penny

9. spend a penny

10. the penny dropped

11. two a penny

单词	penny
释义	Word Frequency penny (ˈpɛnɪ) nounWord forms: plural pennies or pence (pɛns) 1. Also called (formerly): new penny (in Britain) a bronze coin having a value equal to one hundredth of a pound Symbol: p 2. (in Britain before 1971) a bronze or copper coin having a value equal to one twelfth of a shilling or one two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound Abbreviation: d 3. a former monetary unit of the Republic of Ireland worth one hundredth of a pound 4. Word forms: plural pennies (in the US and Canada) a cent 5. a coin of similar value, as used in several other countries 6. (used with a negative) informal, mainly British the least amount of money I don't have a penny 7. a bad penny 8. a pretty penny 9. spend a penny 10. the penny dropped 11. two a penny Word origin Old English penig, pening; related to Old Saxon penni(n)g, Old High German pfeni(n)c, German Pfennig
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