dime

英 [daɪm] 美[daɪm]

n. 一角硬币
n. (Dime)人名；(塞)迪梅

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英英释义

1. a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

2. street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars

词组搭配

drop a (或 the) dime on someone

(informal)inform on someone

(非正式)告发

考试真题

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime ( ' , 10 美分硬币 ),or even a few thousand dimes.

At least taxpayers should be able to decide what students will study on the public dime.

No matter how hard you try, you can't turn something that large on a dime, or even a few thousand dimes.

实用场景例句

A dime is a tenth of a dollar.: 一角银币是十分之一美元.

In the squares place a penny, nickel, dime and quarter in that order. The object is to reverse the order of these coins.: 在这些方块中按顺序放置1分、5分、10分和25分的硬币各一枚。目标是颠倒这些硬币的顺序。

The gentleman looked him over and fished for a dime.: 这个绅士打量了他一下,伸手想摸块1角的银币.

I had to make some nickel - and - dime repairs on my old Chevy.: 我那辆雪佛兰老爷车需要不少零零星星的修理.

In Hollywood , pretty girls are a dime a dozen.: 在好莱坞漂亮姑娘多的是.

A dime is a tenth part of a dollar.: 一角银币是一美元的十分之一.

The stamps of this sort are a dime a dozen.: 这种邮票不值钱.

It's not earning you a dime interest.: 它没给你带来一分利息.

A dime is the equivalent of two nickels.: 一角硬币等于两个五分镍币.

I don't care a dime.: 我一点也不在乎.

A dime store sells notions.: 廉价商店出售日用小商品.

A dime is equal to 10 cents.: 一角的硬币相当于十美分.

This car can turn on a dime.: 这车能在极小的地方转弯.

He had sought to deprive us of dime.: 他企图剥夺我们一角钱.

Brother, can you spare a dime.: 老兄, 能借给我一角钱吗?

中文词源

dime 十分硬币

来自拉丁语decima, 十，十分之一，词源同ten, December. 用于货币单位。比较dinar.

助记提示

1. ten => dime => "a tenth, a tenth part" (of dollar) => 一角硬币, 10美分硬币.
2. ten => tithe.

双语例句

1. I pressed a dime into his grubby mitt.: 我把一个十分硬币塞进他脏兮兮的手里。

2. A dime is a tenth of a dollar.: 一角银币是十分之一美元.

3. A dime is an American coin worth ten cents.: 一个dime是一枚价值10美分的硬币.

4. In the squares place a penny, nickel, dime and quarter in that order. The object is to reverse the order of these coins.: 在这些方块中按顺序放置1分、5分、10分和25分的硬币各一枚。目标是颠倒这些硬币的顺序。

5. The gentleman looked him over and fished for a dime.: 这个绅士打量了他一下,伸手想摸块1角的银币.

英文词源

dime: dime: [14] Dime originally meant ‘tenth part’, and often specifically a ‘tax of one tenth, tithe’: ‘From all times it was ordained to pay dimes or tithes unto the Lord’, James Howell, Lexicon tetraglotton 1660. It came via Old French disme from Latin decima ‘tenth part’, a derivative of decem ‘ten’ (to which English ten is related). The application of the word to a coin worth one tenth of a US dollar dates from the 1780s.
=> decimal, ten
dime (n.): chosen 1786 as name for U.S. 10 cent coin, from dime "a tenth, tithe" (late 14c.), from Old French disme (Modern French dîme) "a tenth part," from Latin decima (pars) "tenth (part)," from decem "ten" (see ten).

The verb meaning "to inform" (on someone) is 1960s, from the then-cost of a pay phone call. A dime a dozen "almost worthless" first recorded 1930. Phrase stop on a dime attested by 1954 (a dime being the physically smallest unit of U.S. currency).

词态变化

复数: dimes;