dime

[daim]

n.一角硬币

例句与用法：

A dime is equivalent to ten pennies.

一角等于十分。

Can you give me a dime for two nickels?

你能不能用两个五分镍币给我换一个一毛的镍币？

The car can turn on a dime.

这车能在极小的地方转弯。

n.[C]

(美国、加拿大的)一角硬币

Ten dimes make one dollar.

十个一角为一元。

dime

名词复数：dimes

dime[daim]n.1.■(美国、加拿大的)10(美)分硬币；10分钱；1角银币2.■少量的钱，小钱3.■[美国俚语]4.■10块钱5.■(尤作赌注的)1 000美元6.■=dime bag7.■10年刑期a dime a dozen[口语](像一角钱可买一打似的)因太多而不值钱，不稀罕，便宜，廉价，多得很，易得到drop a dime[美国俚语](尤指向警方)告密，通风报信get off the dime[美国口语]不再拖延、犹豫或浪费时间而积极采取行动，开始行动；不再浪费时间，不再闲逛nickle and dime[俚语](一次又一次地)要零钱过分节约(时间、金钱等)(用小规模且频繁的行动或进攻来)骚扰not give a dime a dozen[美国俚语]认为毫无价值on a dime[美国口语]在极小的面积里，在很小的地方内，在针尖大的地方内立即stop on a dime突然停下，中止，急刹车

1. (N. Amer.)a ten-cent coin
   (北美)十分硬币
   ■(informal)a small amount of money
   (非正式)小钱，少量的钱
   he didn't have a dime.
   他一点钱都没有。
   ■(informal)used to refer to something small in size, area, or degree
   (非正式)（就尺寸、面积或程度而言的）小东西
   Mars was now an orb the size of a dime.
   火星现在是一个小天体。
   

1. (informal)very common and of no particular value
   (非正式)一毛钱买一打的，常见而不值钱的
   experts in this field are a dime a dozen.
   这方面的专家一抓一大把。
   

1. (informal)inform on someone
   (非正式)告发
   

1. (informal)be decisive and show initiative
   (非正式)果断，采取主动
   at some point you have to get off the dime and do something.
   在适当的时候，你要果断地采取行动。
   

1. (informal)used to refer to a manoeuvre that can be performed by a moving vehicle or person within a small area or short distance
   (非正式)指在小范围（或短距离）内（移动中的车辆或人）进行的调动（或机动）动作
   boats that can turn on a dime.
   可在小范围内掉头的船。
   ■quickly or instantly
   迅速地；立即
   he turned on a dime into a low voice.
   他立即将音量调低。
   

1. late Middle English: from Old French disme, from Latin decima pars 'tenth part'. The word originally denoted a tithe or tenth part; the modern sense 'ten cent coin' dates from the late 18th cent
   

dime

名词 dime:

a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar

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

同义词：dime bag

dime

■"I ain't goin' to spell 'asafetida' and 'Shermerhorn' for a dime.

"我可不愿为了一毛钱拼写这两个词。

■"Not a dime," he said virtuously.

“一个子都没花。”他证实地说。

■Dime stores specialize in a wide variety of inexpensive items and today, prices range from a quarter or 50 cents up to several dollars.

“一角钱商店”专门出售各种低价商品，现在的售价由25美分，50美分到数元不等。

■William, why do you always choose the nickel instead of the dime?

“威廉，为什么你老选五分，而不选一角呢?

■"Cigars," the Cuban replied, "are a dime a dozen in Cuba. We have more of them than we know what to do with.

“雪茄嘛”，古巴人回答，“在古巴一角钱就可以买到一打。多得我们都不知该怎么办了。”

■Will one dime and three nickels be all right?

一个一角硬币,三个五分钱币够了吗?

■Each dime is worth 10 cents.

一个角硬币相当于10美分。

■One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime left.

一天,一个贫穷的小男孩正挨家挨户地推销商品以便攒够学费,他摸遍全身,却只找到一角钱。

■A dime is equal to 10 cents.

一角的硬币相当於十美分。

■A dime is worth one-tenth of one dollar.

一角硬币是1美元的十分之一。

■A dime is equal to two nickels.

一角硬币相当于两个五分硬币。

■A dime is the equivalent of two nickels.

一角硬币等于两个五分镍币。

■A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

一角硬币边缘共有118个齿纹。

■A dime is equivalent to ten pennies.

一角等于十分。

■Can buy a dime a dozen, soft, and yellow, and tastes sour-sweet.

一角钱可以买十来个，软软的，黄黄的，吃起来又酸又甜。

■Dime n. A coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents.

一角银币:美国或加拿大价值十美分的硬币。

■A dime is a tenth part of a dollar.

一角银币是一美元的十分之一。

■A dime is a tenth of a dollar.

一角银币是十分之一美元。

■Passing up what he knew were makeable shots in order to deliver a bankable dime to a teammate.

不再坚持过去他认为自己可以做到的那种投篮，相反，给队友创造更多的出手练习机会。

■What is unusual, or unheard of, is to see an overweight, unfocused young man like Bynum turn behaviorally on a dime.

不常见的是或者没有听说过的是，一个超重的，不被关注的年轻人就像拜纳姆一样，突然间变得如此的行为有序。

■Believe it or not, doctor of philosophies (PhDs) are a dime a dozen nowadays.

不管你相信与否，如今获得博士学位者已经不稀罕了。

■Don't squander your time in reading those dime novels.

不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上。

■However,the ancient Greeks and Romans used coins of a definite value like our dime or quarter.At that time,animals were pictured on the coins.

不过，古希腊和古罗马人也使用类似我们今天的一角硬币或两角五分硬币那样有确实价值的硬币。不过在那时，硬币上画着动物图案。

■For example, a dime may not have ten cents' worth of silver in it. The paper in a dollar bill may not be worth a full dollar.

举个例子，一角硬币里也许没有价值十美分的银子。一美元钞票所用的纸也并不值整整一个美元。

■B: Will one dime and three nickels be all right?

乙：一个十美分硬币，三个五美分镍币行吗?

■B: Deposit a dime in the slot and the door will open.

乙：塞十美分硬币到钱箱去，门就开了。

■A: shithappens, you know. But as people says, if three-leg-donkey is hard to find, two-leg-chick is a dime a dozen.

人生难免碰上不如意事啊。但人常说,虽然三条腿的驴子不好找,但两条腿的马子遍地都是。

■They think you don't know the dime is wroth more than the nickel.

他们认为你不知道一角比五分值钱。

■He had sought to deprive us of dime.

他企图剥夺我们一角钱。

■He paused. "I didn't even have a dime to make a phone call," he said, "that's how bad it was. And I was embarrassed.

他停顿一下,“我甚至没有一角硬币打个电话,”他说,“就是这样糟糕,我很困窘。

■He inserted a dime into the slot and picked up the receiver.

他将一枚10分硬币投入缝中并拿起了电话筒。

■He's a man who made lots of money and never had a dime on him.

他很能赚钱，身上却从来不带钱。

■Hardly anyone in Barack Obama's cabinet "has ever created a dime of wealth", he grumbles, yet Americans expect them to fix the economy.

他抱怨到在其他的美国人正在为恢复经济努力时，奥巴马内阁的人没有“创造过社会财富的一角”。

■He felt in his pockets for a dime.

他用手在衣袋里摸找一角钱。

■His dime has been earning interest.

他的硬币一直在获取着利息。

■In his jeans and big boots and wide Stetson, his fringed leather jacket and gun belt, he looked like something out of one of Nora's dime novels.

他看上去就像劳拉一便士小说里的人物--穿着牛仔服，套双大皮靴，戴着宽边史特桑帽子，加边的皮夹克，挎着枪套。

■He instructed me to pick out a dime.

他让我拿出一个1角的硬币。

■He said he wanted his dime back then and there, so I had to give it to him.

他说他要当场拿回他的一角钱，因此我不得不给他。

■He handed over a dime with an upwelling feeling of pity in his heart.

他递给他1角钱，心里涌起一阵同情。

■But it is difficult to turn around behemoths on a dime.

但要让庞然大物转弯是比较困难的。

■You don't have to pay a dime.

你一分钱也不用花。

■You shouldn't worry about money, situations can turn on a dime, just be patient.

你不应该担心钱。情况变化无常,要有耐心。

■Don't you know that a dime is worth much more than a nickel?

你不知道一角的比五分的值钱得多吗?”

■Are you kidding? answered the producer, People like that are a dime a dozen.

你在开玩笑吧？负责人答道，那样的人一毛钱可以找一打。

■You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?

你是否做过在你的青春里,你吸着毒扭着屁股?

■When you know what you stand for, you can turn around on dime and have five cents change.

你知道自己的原则所在时,就能弹性应变。

■You give me a dime for two nickels?

你能不能用两个五分镍币给我换一个一毛的镍币?

■Can you give me a dime for two nickels ?

你能不能用两个五分镍币给我换一个一毛的镍币？

■He is very stingy. He won't give one more cent if you want a dime.

例:他特别抠门儿.如你问他要一毛钱,他多一分都不给你.

■While she gave money freely, she never squandered a dime.

例如，她一方面捐赠钱财慷慨大方，但另一方面她自己却从不舍得浪费一个小钱。