sixpence
['sikspəns]
n.[英]六便士(硬币)
例句与用法:
Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新。
On him way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
他在去糖果店的路上,把钱掉到地上了,硬币沿着人行道滚动,掉进阴沟里去了。
The book costs sixpence.
这本书价值六便士。
n.
1. 六便士[U]
2. (英国旧币制的)六便士银币[C]
sixpence
名词复数:sixpences, sixpence
sixpence['sikspəns]n.1.■六便士2.■[复数]六便士硬币(英国旧币制)变形n.sixpencesixpences
sixpencesixpence[ˈsikspəns]n.1.■[英]六便士(硬币); 微不足道的东西
noun
- (Brit.)a coin worth six old pence (212 p), withdrawn in 1980
(英)六便士硬币(值212便士的旧硬币,1980年废止)
■the sum of six pence, especially before decimalization (1971)
(尤指1971年货币十进位制之前的)六便士金额
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。
sixpence
名词 sixpence:
a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
同义词:tanner
sixpence
■He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
一个扭曲的男人,走了一里扭曲的路。手拿扭曲的六便士,踏上扭曲的台阶,买一只歪歪扭扭的猫儿,猫儿抓了歪歪扭扭的老鼠。
■A girl with light hair and thin face, held out a collecting box to Phyl, who put sixpence in.
一个淡颜色头发瘦脸的姑娘把募捐的盒子向菲儿伸过来,菲儿放了6个便士进去。
■not care (a) sixpence
一点也不在乎
■Seventy-two solidi went to the pound of gold, so that its value was about twelve shillings and sixpence.
七十二枚索里迪用一磅黄金,因此其币值为十二先令六便士。
■But in the end he lugged a dirty canvas bag out of the depths of his trouser pocket, and counted out six shillings and sixpence into Toad's paw.
不过最终他还是从裤兜深处掏出一只脏兮兮的小帆布包,数出六枚先令六枚便士,放在蟾蜍掌心里。
■Since most brides probably don't even know what a sixpence is,this part of the tradition is not used very often in modern times.
今天新娘恐怕连一枚六便士是什么样子都不知道,传统习俗的这一部分在现代婚礼中已经不常被遵守。
■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。
■because they would only enlarge their style of living if they felt sure of a larger income, and would not be sixpence the richer for it at the end of the year.
他们将只扩大他们的生活方式,因为他们深信如果他们有一笔极大的收入,而且在年底他们会比以前只拿到六便士时更富有.
■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。
■There was a crooked man and he walking a crooked mile,He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.
他在一段扭曲的阶梯上捡了一个扭曲的六便士,买了一只扭曲的猫咪。
■2. On him way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
他在去糖果店的路上,把钱掉到地上了,硬币沿着人行道滚动,掉进阴沟里去了。
■He found a crooked sixpence under the hearth-rug; and upon Christmas Eve, he and Hunca Munca stuffed it into one of the stockings of Lucinda and Jane.
他在壁炉前的地毯下面发现一枚弯曲的六便士,平安夜里他和亨卡忙卡塞进露欣答和简的一只长袜子里。
■The organ-player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence .
他父亲给了风琴手六个便士让他走开。
■He gave them sixpence apiece and a pat on the head, and they went off with much respectful swinging of caps and touching of forelocks.
他给了他们每人一枚六便士铜钱,拍了拍他们的脑袋。他们必恭必敬挥着帽子,行着军礼,走了。
■It costs sixpence
价值为六便士.
■3. 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。
■He could not find his sixpence anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out.
但他摸了半天也没找到那50便士硬币,他的胳膊反倒退不出来了。
■However, if a bride would like to include it in her wedding, she can purchase a silver sixpence from many companies that sell bridal supplies such as garters and invitati*****.
但是,如果新娘想要在她的婚礼中包括这一项目,她可以从许多出售如吊袜带和请柬等婚礼用品的公司里买到六便士银币。
■You've got money, and I've got luck; so you'd better keep me by you for your crooked sixpence.
你有钱财,我有运气,所以你最好还是把我留在你的身边,作你的护身符。
■You've got money,and I've got luck; so you'd better keep me by you for your crooked sixpence.
你有钱财,我有运气,所以你最好还是把我留在你的身边,作你的护身符。
■If she had only a shilling in the world, she would be very likely to give away sixpence of it.
假设在世界上她有一个先令的话,她会捐出六个便士的。
■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。
■Placing a silver sixpence in the bride’s left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth.
六便士银币 在新娘的左脚鞋子里放一枚六便士银币据说是财富的象征。
■Silver sixpence...Placing a silver sixpence in the bride's left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth.
六便士银币在新娘的左脚鞋子里放一枚六便士银币据说是财富的象征。
■crooked sixpence
吉利的东西 驱邪符
■3. wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新.
■Wages were sixpence a week within livingmemory.
周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新。
■Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
周工资为六便士的年代,人们记忆犹新。
■Sing a song of sixpence
唱一隻六便士的歌
■Sing A Song of Sixpence Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie!
唱一首六便士之歌唱一首六便士之歌,袋子里装满黑麦;二十四只黑画眉,被放在派里面烤!
■Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four-and-twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie!
唱一首六便士之歌,袋子里装满黑麦;二十四只黑画眉,被放在派里面烤!
■Sing a song of sixpence,
唱一首六便士的歌吧!
■Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie.
唱一首六便士的歌黑麦装满一袋。
■Christmas pudding: A very traditional English Christmas requires that a sixpence is put inside the pudding, whoever finds it wins a prize.
圣诞布丁:传统的英国圣诞节往往将一枚六便士硬币放在布丁内,谁若找到它就会赢得一份奖励。
■Turning on a sixpence, he struck a sweet volley into the bottom corner, leaving goalkeeper Mart Poom no chance.
在一个小角度转身之后,他临空抽射将球打入球门下角,没有给对方门将马特·普姆丝毫的机会。
■He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile;
在一个弯弯扭扭的阶梯旁发现了弯弯扭扭的六便士
■On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
在他去糖果店的路上,50便士掉在地上,在人行道上跳了几下,掉进了阴沟里。
■Placing a silver sixpence in the bride's left shoe is a symbol of wealth.
在新娘左脚的鞋子里,人们还通常放上一枚六便士的银币,这是财富的象征。
■In England for sixpence one may buy a "Dentamatic throw-away toothbrush" which comes already coated with toothpaste for its one-time use.
在英国,六便士就能买到一个“登特氏一次性牙刷”,而且是已经涂有足够一次性用的牙膏了。
■If you've lost nothing more than sixpence, you're making a storm in a teacup about it.
在茶杯里掀起一场风暴,可真是“小题大做;大惊小怪”了。这条习语的比喻意义是:“因小事掀起一场大风波”。如:
■If a girl puts a sprig of rosemary herb and a silver sixpence under her pillow on Halloween night, she will see her future husband in a dream.
女孩子在万圣节的晚上放一条迷迭香的嫩枝和一枚六便士的银币在枕头底下,就会在梦中见到她未来的丈夫。
■I was struck first of all by the things she brought: poor little silver gilt earrings, a trashy little locket, things not worth sixpence.
她自己也知道,这些东西不值几个钱,但从她的脸色来看,我看出这些东西是她的宝贝。
■the same old sixpence
完全跟过去一样,毫无改变
■For most of them, sixpence is a small price to pay for a satisfying bar of chocolate.
对大部分孩子来说,用 50便士来买一大块好的巧克力,是算不了什么的。
■The Best Of Sixpence NOneThe Richer
幸福约定
■When the ferryboat with her wild freight pushed into the stream, nobody cared sixpence for the wasted time but the captain of the craft.
当渡船载着兴高采烈的游客启锚时,除船老大外,没人有浪费时间的感觉。
■I saw only two Zepplins brought down in flames, but to remember them gives me no happiness that I would not gladly part with for a Jubilee sixpence.
我只见过两架被击中燃烧的“齐柏林”飞艇,但是我毫不稀罕,想起它们而带来的的那种所谓愉快,以它换取区区六便士我都情愿。
■I told him mine, which was down that street there, and which I wanted him to take to the Dover coach office for sixpence.
我告诉他是我的箱子,就在那边街上,我要他把它运到多佛马车票房,运费是六便士。
■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。
■I've got six pences, jolly, jolly sixpence.
我有六便士,高兴,真高兴,六便士。