| 单词 | penny |
| 释义 | penny —pennied, adj. /pen"ee/, n. , pl. pennies, (esp. collectively for 2, 3) pence, adj. n. 1. a bronze coin, the 100th part of the dollars of various nations, as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States; one cent. 2. Also called new penny. a bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 100th part of a pound. Abbr.: p 3. a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, the 12th part of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbr.: d. 4. a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned. 5. the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations from twopenny to sixtypenny. 6. a bad penny, someone or something undesirable. 7. a pretty penny, Informal. a considerable sum of money: Their car must have cost them a pretty penny. 8. Chiefly Brit. Slang. spend a penny, to urinate: from the former cost of using a public lavatory. 9. turn an honest penny, to earn one's living honestly; make money by fair means: He's never turned an honest penny in his life. adj. 10. Stock Exchange. of, pertaining to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market. [bef. 900; ME peni, OE penig, paenig, pen(n)ing, pending, c. OFris penning, panning, OS, D penning, OHG pfenning, phantinc, phenting (G Pfennig), ON penningr (perh. < OE); < WGmc or Gmc *pandingaz, prob. equiv. to *pand- PAWN2 + *-ingaz -ING3] |
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