sixpence
n. （英）六便士（硬币）
n. (Sixpence)人名；(英)西克斯彭斯
n.
六便士银币，六便士；
变形
复数：sixpences
英英释义
sixpence[ 'sikspəns ]
n.a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
同义词：tanner
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
The book costs sixpence.
这本书价值六便士。
Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
周工资为六便士的年代，人们记忆犹新。
On him way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.
他在去糖果店的路上，把钱掉到地上了，硬币沿着人行道滚动，掉进阴沟里去了。
权威例句
SixpenceSixpence
The Moon and sixpence
Lousy Little Sixpence
The moon and sixpence : a defense of mereological universalism
A Book for a Sixpence: The Circulating Library in America by David Kaser
âThe last acre and sixpenceâ: views on bank liability regimes in nineteenth-century Britain
Fiction as Fantasy: The Unreliable Narrator in The Moon and Sixpence
FANTASY AS NECESSITY: THE ROLE OF THE BIOGRAPHER IN "THE MOON AND SIXPENCE"
Conflicts Between Ideality And Reality——Review on The Theme of Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence
sixpence (n.)
late 14c., "sum of six pennies," from six + pence. As a specific British coin, from 1590s. Sixpenny (adj.) had a figurative sense "paltry, cheap, petty, worthless" by 1560s; sixpenny nails (early 15c.) cost so much per hundred.
1. I'll make it five shillings, and that's three-and-sixpence more than the animal's worth.
我给你五先令，这比这牲口的价值多出了三又六便士。
youdao
2. Sing a song of sixpence.
唱一只六便士的歌吧。
youdao
3. The Moon and Sixpence.
月亮和六便士。
youdao
4. This book is five shillings sixpence.
这本书定价五先令六便士。
youdao
5. Sing song of sixpence.
唱一首六便士之歌。
youdao
6. He had only about a sixpence in his pocket.
当时他口袋里仅揣有一枚六便士的硬币。
youdao
7. Sing a song of sixpence a pocket full of rye.
唱一支六便士之歌，满口袋的黑麦。
youdao
8. Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
周工资为六便士的年代，人们记忆犹新。
youdao
9. Wages were sixpence a week within living memory.
工资为周薪六便士的年代，人们记忆犹新。
youdao
10. He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;
手拿扭曲的六便士踏上了扭扭曲曲的台阶。
youdao
11. I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it.
我昨天给了他六便士，并建议他把这点钱积存起来。
youdao
12. "What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence?"
她自言自语：“我要拿这六便士做什么呢？”
youdao
13. London taxis are easy to park because they turn on a sixpence.
伦敦的出租车很容易停车，因为它们兜的范围很小。
youdao
14. I allowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket.
我把口袋里的两个便士跟六便士撞在一块。
youdao
15. The organ - player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence .
他们给了风琴手六便士，命令他走开。
youdao
16. He took sixpence from the palm of her hand and went to the counter to pay.
他从她手心里拿了六便士到柜台付了钱。
youdao
17. 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。
youdao
18. Here's a sixpence for you. Do you know why there are no apples on that tree?
给你六个便士，你知道为什么这棵树上没有苹果吗？
youdao
19. 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。
youdao
20. 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。
youdao
21. The sherry went to my head and I was im- poverished for days by the loss of sixpence.
六便士的酒钱落到我头上，接下来几天我几乎身无分文。 这里的女主人叫艾伦?
youdao
22. After refreshment, tables were brought, and we all played cribbage, sixpence a game.
用完小吃以后，搬过桌子来打牌，我们打克利比，一把六便士的彩。
youdao
23. 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。
youdao
24. 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。
youdao
25. Seventy-two solidi went to the pound of gold, so that its value was about twelve shillings and sixpence.
七十二枚索里迪用一磅黄金，因此其币值为十二先令六便士。
youdao
26. Seventy-two solidi went to the pound of gold, so that its value was about twelve shillings and sixpence.
七十二枚索里迪用一磅黄金，因此其币值为十二先令六便士。
youdao
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