1.〈英〉六便士(银币);微不足道的东西
1.a unit of money worth six old pennies, used in the U.K. until 1971, or the small silver coin with this value
1.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。
2.AN old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence.
一个老奶奶在打扫她的房子，她发现了一枚弯曲的六便士硬币。
3.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。
4.But of that evening she had remembered a little pot ofcaviare. It had cost seven and sixpence.
关于那天晚上，她只记得一小罐鱼子酱，值7磅6便士。
5.It looked like a love story. But love, as she said, could turn on a sixpence.
看起来这是个爱情故事，但是如罗斯说，爱情会风云突变。
6.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。
7.'I'm amazed that it's all in gold print - a sixpence would have been quite a lot of money in those days. '
我惊讶于这份报纸居然是由金色油墨印制而成的，要知道，6便士在那个时代可是一大笔钱。
8.We took lodgings together in Little Britain at three shillings and sixpence a week-- as much as we could then afford.
我们一同寄宿在小不列颠，每周租金三先令六便士——这是我们当时所能支出的最高租金。
9.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。
10.This buyer is the sort of man who will choose something because it is sixpence cheaper than the next article.
这个人是这么个买主，一样东西哪怕只便宜几个便士也要挑三家。