halfpenny

英汉释义

• n.

  1.半便士;〈口〉铜币

• adj.

  1.半便士的;便宜的,没价值的

英英释义

• n.

  1.a small coin from a money system used in the past in the U.K. and some other countries

英汉例句

• 1.A halfpenny's the usual drop [gift], and you don't get even that unless you give them a bit of backchat.

  人们一给经常是半便士，可是除非你跟他们聊天，否则连半便士也挣不到。

• 2.They never seem to have two halfpenny to rub together.

  看来他们从没见识过大钱。

• 3.Don't bother her with such halfpenny things.

  不要用这种微不足道的事情来打扰她。

• 4.After that there wasn't a halfpenny left.

  那以后，连半便士也不剩了。