threepence['θrepəns; 'θri-; 'θrʌ-]n.1.■[用作单数或复数][英国英语]三便士(金额)2.■[复数]-pence,-pences (英国旧时的)三便士硬币 [亦作thrippence,thruppence]
[ˈθrɛp(ə)ns, ˈθrʊ-, ˈθrʌ-]
noun
- (Brit.)the sum of three pence, especially before decimalization (1971)
(英)（尤指1971年货币改为十进制前的）三便士
threepence
名词 threepence:
former cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom equal to three pennies
threepence
■Pretending to speak broken English as you dragged your valise, porter threepence, across the slimy pier at Newhaven
你假装把英语讲得很蹩脚，沿着纽黑文那泥泞的码头，抱着自己的旅行箱走去，省得花三便士雇脚夫。
■Space, rockets and science sprang out of the pages of the pulp science-fiction magazines he bought in Woolworths for threepence each, and which he could not always afford.
太空、火箭和科学他是从在伍尔沃斯每本花三便士买来的廉价科幻小说杂志里读到的，他并不是每期都买得起。
■The bag had threepence in it, and half a nutmeg.
她掏出一个黑色的布口袋，还有一个带着银链的瓶子。
■Each boy in turn plucks his threepence from the crown of a tall silk hat.
每个学生依次从高丝绸帽的帽顶取出他的三便士。
■right:(1) One penny, green, 1945, used or unused; (2) Threepence, red,
邮票，绿色，1945年发行，用过或未用过均可；(2)一张三便士邮票，红色，