penny的中文翻译是什么意思

N-COUNT（英国）便士（指币值或硬币）

In Britain, a penny is one hundredth of a pound, or a coin worth this amount of money.

• Cider also goes up by a penny a pint while sparkling wine will cost another eight pence a bottle.

  苹果酒每品脱也涨了1便士，而汽酒则每瓶涨了8便士。

• ...a shiny newly minted penny.

  新铸造的锃亮的1便士硬币

N-COUNT便士（英国1971年前使用的硬币，价值1/12先令）

A penny is a British coin used before 1971 that was worth one twelfth of a shilling.

N-COUNT分（指币值或硬币）

A penny is one cent, or a coin worth one cent.

• Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon.

  无铅汽油每加仑涨了1分多。

N-SING一个子儿；分文

If you say, for example, that you do not have a penny, or that something does not cost a penny, you are emphasizing that you do not have any money at all, or that something did not cost you any money at all.

• From the day you arrive at my house, you need not spend a single penny...

  从你到我家那天起，你就一个子儿也不用花。

• The Brilliantons paid their rent on time and did not owe him a penny...

  布里连顿夫妇按时交纳租金，一个子儿也不欠他的。

PHRASE恍然大悟；茅塞顿开；突然回过神来

If you say the penny dropped, you mean that someone suddenly understood or realized something.

• 'Did he know who you are?' — 'I think so. I think the penny dropped.'

  “他知道你是谁吗？”——“我想是的。我觉得他是突然想到的。”

PHRASE上厕所；方便

If someone says that they are going to spend a penny, they mean that they are going to go to the toilet.

PHRASE不值钱；不稀奇

Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find.

• Leggy blondes are two a penny in Hollywood.

  在好莱坞，长腿金发美女遍地都是。

PHRASE物有所值；一分钱不白花

If you say that something or someone is worth every penny, you mean that they are worth all the money that is spent on them.

• The operation cost £100,000 and it was worth every penny...

  那次手术花了10万英镑，但是花得非常值。

• The directors of this company feel he's worth every penny.

  这家公司的主管们觉得他值得栽培。