| 释义 |
on a sixpenceBritish informal Used to refer to a manoeuvre that can be performed by a moving vehicle or person within a small area or short distance: the car stops on a sixpence...- This tank-like thing was almost impossible to drive and I had to follow the camera car, stop on a sixpence and act at the same time.
- The steering is beefy, the turn-in very sharp, the brakes can stop you on a sixpence, and the acceleration is just mind blowing.
- No doubt they will teach me how to be graceful on the snow, how to slalom with the best of them and how to stop on a sixpence.
See parent entry: sixpence |