单词 | sixpence |
释义 | sixpence (once / 1130 pages) n WORD FAMILY sixpence: sixpences USAGE EXAMPLESIn Maugham’s “The Moon and Sixpence,” the stockbroker-turned-artist Strickland is posthumously recognized as a genius. New York Times(Dec 02, 2016) Groundhog Day and Half a Sixpence lead the field in the musical categories, with seven nominations each. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) “For 10 and sixpence,” advises Virginia Woolf, “one can buy paper enough to write all the plays of Shakespeare.” The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) n a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970 Syn|Hyper tanner coin a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money |
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