twopence
['tʌpəns]
n.两便士, 两便士银币
例句与用法:
I don't give twopence for/care twopence what they think.
我才不管他们怎麽想呢。
She always comes down strongly in favour of the twopence coloured.
她总是喜欢买些花花绿绿的不值钱的东西。
It's not worth twopence.
这个分文不值。
词形变化:
异体字: tuppence |
n.
1. 两便士[U]
The fare is twopence.
车费是两便士。
2. (英国旧时的)两便士硬币[C]
短语词组:
not care/give twopence
1. 毫不在乎
I don't care twopence for it.
我对这事一点儿也不在乎。
twopence['tʌpəns]n.1.■(英国)两便士2.■[复数]-pence,-pences (英国旧时)两便士银币3.■贱价的东西;微不足道的东西[亦作 tuppence]care (a) twopence[口语]在意,在乎,感兴趣[常用于否定句,亦见于假定句或问句,意为“丝毫不感兴趣”]not care (或 give) a twopence毫不在意,毫不在乎twopence colo(u)red俗丽而不值钱的want twopence in the shilling脑子不健全,脑子不灵;精神失常,傻里傻气;疯疯癫癫的(原意为一先令短两便士)
twopencetwopence[ˈtʌpəns]n.1.■两便士(硬币)2.■微不足道的事
[ˈtʌp(ə)ns]
noun
- (Brit.)the sum of two pence, especially before decimalization (1971)
(英)(尤指1971年采用十进制前的)两便士
■[with negative](informal)a trivial sum; anything at all
(非正式)数目微小的款项;微不足道之物
he didn't care twopence for her.
他对她毫不在意。
twopence
名词 twopence:
a former United Kingdom silver coin; United Kingdom bronze decimal coin worth two pennies
同义词:tuppence
twopence
■twopence piece
ph. 英国两便士铜币
■want twopence in the shilling
vi. 脑子不灵(精神失常)
■Well, it's seven mornings a pint at twopence is seven twos is a shilling and twopence over and these three mornings a quart at fourpence is three quarts is a shilling and one and two is two and two, sir.
“喏,一品脱[74]是两便士喽七个早晨二七就合一先令[75]二便士喽还有这三个早晨每夸脱合四个便士三夸脱就是一个先令喽一个先令加一先令二就是二先令二,先生。”
■‘My mistress's niece,that's her on top of the furniture,is not going to pay you the extra twopence ,’said the driver. ‘She says she's offered you quite enough already.
“我家主人的侄女,坐在家具顶上的那位,不打算再给你两便士”,车夫对守门人说,“她说已经给你够多了。”
■-- And twopence, he said, for a pint.
“还要两便士,”他说,“好喝上一品脱。
■On reaching the town they went straight to the station and deposited Toad in the second-class waiting-room, giving a porter twopence to keep a strict eye on him.
一到镇上,他们直奔火车站,把蟾蜍安置在二等候车室,花两便士托一位搬运工好好看住他。
■(a) penny plain and twopence colo(u)red
不值钱的花花绿绿(对俗丽的嘲笑语)
■twopence halfpenny
两个半便士(2.5便士)
■Twopence a pint, fourpence a quart, eightpence a gallon of porter, no, one and fourpence a gallon of porter
两便士能买一品脱黑啤酒,四便士能买一夸脱,八便士就是一加仑。不,一加仑得花一先令四便士。
■English: A penny soul never came to twopence.
中文:斤斤计较少有成功。
■They don't care twopence for it.
他们对这事一点也不感兴趣。
■They sell oranges, twopence each.
他们的橘子每个卖两便士.
■It doesn't matter twopence if he doesn't accept the invita-tion.
他接不接受邀请都不要紧。
■Gabriel recognized the girl of the yellow cart and the mirror,the girl who owed him twopence.
加布里埃尔认出了她就是早上坐在黄色马车上照镜子的那位,她还欠着加布里埃尔两便士。
■Gabriel thought that twopence did not seem worth bothering about, so he stepped forward. ‘Here,’he said,handing the coins to the gatekeeper,‘let the young woman pass. ’
加布里艾尔觉得不值得为了两便士争吵,于是他走上前,递给守门人两个硬币:“拿着,让这位姑娘过去吧。”
■care (a) twopence
在意,在乎,感兴趣
■3. She always comes down strongly in favour of the twopence coloured.
她总是喜欢买些花花绿绿的不值钱的东西。
■If the consumer is going to have any influence on the recommendations of a future committee, he had better get in his twopence worth early.
如果消费者要对即将成立的委员会的推荐介绍发挥影响力,就应该尽早地发表意见。
■didn't care twopence about politics.
对政治一点了不关心
■A penny soul never comes to twopence.
小气鬼成不了大事。
■He that pays for Work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for twopence.
工作未完就付钱,两分钱只值一分钱。
■208 A penny soul never came to twopence.
志小者成不了大事./心胸狭窄,一事无成.
■A penny soul never came to twopence.
志小者成不了大事。
■I don't care twopence for it.
我对这事一点儿也不在乎。
■I don't give twopence for/care twopence what they think.
我才不管他们怎麽想呢。
■A penny soul never come to twopence.
斤斤计较少有成功
■You could once get a glass of beer for twopence; but that was donkeys' years ago.
曾经花两个便士就可以买一杯啤酒的,不过那是很久很久以前的事了。
■not give twopence
毫不在乎
■not care twopence
毫不在意, 一点也不在乎
■went twopence in the shilling
脑子不健全,脑子不灵
■1.Julia shows surprisingly good taste when you allow her to choose a garment for herself;not like her sister, who always comes down strongly in favour of the twopence coloured.
要是让朱丽亚自己挑衣服的话,她的眼光非常好,不像她的姐姐,总是一味追求色彩艳丽而质量平平的东西。
■There was something in the tone of twopence remarakbly insignificant.
说起来,两个便士显然是不足挂齿的。
■There was something in the tone of twopence remarkbly insignificant.
说起来,两个便士显然是不足挂齿的。
■The fare is twopence.
车费是两便士。
■It's not worth twopence.
这个分文不值。
not care/give twopence
1. 毫不在乎
I don't care twopence for it.
我对这事一点儿也不在乎。
习惯用语care (a) twopence1.■感兴趣; 在乎, 在意want twopence in the shilling1.■[口]头脑不健全, 傻里傻气; 疯疯颠颠