单词 | dime |
释义 | dime From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Currenciesdimedime /daɪm/ noun [countable]1 PECa coin of the US and Canada, worth one tenth of a dollar2 → a dime a dozenExamples from the Corpusdime• Metaphors of Britain's decline have been a dime a dozen in the post-war years.• A dime taken from any other kid was a good deal.• It cost me two years of impoverishment, spending every dime on legal fees.• Quarters, nickels, dimes, the whole works.• What ever happened to dime novels?From Longman Business Dictionarydimedime /daɪm/ noun [countable] a coin used in the US and Canada, worth ten cents (=one tenth of a dollar)Origin dime (1300-1400) Old French “tenth part”, from Latin decima |
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