sixpence
英 ['sɪksp(ə)ns]
美['sɪkspəns]
- n. （英）六便士（硬币）
- n. (Sixpence)人名；(英)西克斯彭斯
英英释义
- 1. a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
词组搭配
on a sixpence
(Brit. informal)used to refer to a manoeuvre that can be performed by a moving vehicle or person within a small area or short distance
(英，非正式)（手法、举动或调整等可通过移动中的车辆或人）在狭小区域（或短距离）内实现的
the car stops on a sixpence.
这部车在很小的位置熟练地停了下来。
实用场景例句
- He took sixpence from the palm of her hand and went to the counter to pay.
- 他从她手心里拿了六便士到柜台付了钱.
辞典例句
- Please give me six pennies for this sixpence.
- 请给我把这个六便士的硬币换成六个一便士的硬币.
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- We were permitted to buy our meal tickets for seven shillings and sixpence.
- 允许我们买7先令6便士的进餐券.
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- Messenger boys stealing to put on sixpence.
- 送信的小伙子们为了弄到六便士的赌本竟去偷窃.
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- Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
- 周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新.
辞典例句
- I allowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket.
- 我把口袋里的两个便士跟六便士撞在一块.
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- Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye.
- 唱一支六便士之歌,满口袋的黑麦.
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- The book costs sixpence.
- 这本书价值六便士.
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- It doesn't matter sixpence.
- 这不要紧.
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- I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it.
- 我昨天给了他六便士,并建议他把这点钱积存起来.
《用法词典》
- Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in your shoe.
- 有旧, 有新, 有借, 有蓝;在一只鞋里放一枚六便士的银币.
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- London taxis are easy to park because they turn on a sixpence.
- 伦敦的出租车很容易停车,因为它们兜的范围很小.
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- Placing a silver sixpence in the bride's left shoe is a symbol of wealth.
- 在左鞋里放一个银色六便士则是财富的象征.
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- But size, like sentiment, can turn a sixpence.
- 但就像人气一样, 规模也会有起有落.
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- Would you mind giving me the sixpence in copper?
- 请给我6便士铜币好 吗 ?
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- Seven sixpence times three . Two and nine.
- 七先令六便士乘以三,两先令六便士.
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- Here's a sixpence for you. Do you know why there are no apples on that tree?
- 给你六个便士, 你知道为什么这棵树上没有苹果 吗 ?
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双语例句
- 1. I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it.
- 我昨天给了他六便士,并建议他把这点钱积存起来.
来自《用法词典》
- 2. Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
- 周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新.
来自辞典例句
- 3. He took sixpence from the palm of her hand and went to the counter to pay.
- 他从她手心里拿了六便士到柜台付了钱.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye.
- 唱一支六便士之歌,满口袋的黑麦.
来自互联网
- 5. The organ - player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence.
- 他们给了风琴手六便士,命令他走开.
来自互联网
英文词源
- sixpence (n.)
- late 14c., "sum of six pennies," from six + pence. As a specific British coin, from 1590s. Sixpenny (adj.) had a figurative sense "paltry, cheap, petty, worthless" by 1560s; sixpenny nails (early 15c.) cost so much per hundred.
词态变化
复数: sixpences;