penny是什么意思_penny怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

penny: penny: [OE] Penny comes from a prehistoric Germanic *panninggaz, which also produced German pfennig and Dutch and Swedish penning. It has been speculated that this was derived from *pand- ‘pledge, security’, which also produced English pawn – in which case it would denote etymologically a ‘coin used in transactions involving the pledging of a sum as security’.
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penny (n.): Old English pening, penig, Northumbrian penning "penny," from Proto-Germanic *panninggaz (cognates: Old Norse penningr, Swedish pänning, Danish penge, Old Frisian panning, Old Saxon pending, Middle Dutch pennic, Dutch penning, Old High German pfenning, German Pfennig, not recorded in Gothic, where skatts is used instead), of unknown origin.
Offa"s reformed coinage on light, broad flans is likely to have begun c.760-5 in London, with an awareness of developments in Francia and East Anglia. ... The broad flan penny established by Offa remained the principal denomination, with only minor changes, until the fourteenth century. [Anna Gannon, "The Iconography of Early Anglo-Saxon Coinage," Oxford, 2003]
The English coin was originally set at one-twelfth of a shilling and was of silver, later copper, then bronze. There are two plural forms: pennies of individual coins, pence collectively. In translations it rendered various foreign coins of small denomination, especially Latin denarius, whence comes its abbreviation d.

As American English colloquial for cent, it is recorded from 1889. Penny-a-liner "writer for a journal or newspaper" is attested from 1834. Penny dreadful "cheap and gory fiction" dates from c. 1870. Phrase penny-wise and pound-foolish is recorded from c. 1600. Penny-pincher "miserly person" is recorded from 1906 (as an adjective penny-pinching is recorded from 1858, American English). Penny loafers attested from 1960.

词态变化

复数 pence; pennies;

权威造句

1. The directors of this company feel he"s worth every penny.: 这家公司的主管们觉得他值得栽培。

2. Unleaded gasoline rose more than a penny a gallon.: 无铅汽油每加仑涨了1分多。

3. Government penny-pinching is blamed for the decline in food standards.: 政府吝啬被指责是食品标准下降的原因。

4. Penny"s only son was the apple of her eye.: 彭妮的独子是她的心肝宝贝。

5. The operation cost £100,000 and it was worth every penny.: 那次手术花了10万英镑，但是花得非常值。

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近反义词

cent 分

copper 铜

centime 生丁(一种货币单位)...

pence 便士

相似短语

turn an honest penny 用正当手段挣钱,靠诚实劳动挣钱

penny ante 【美】【口】微不足道的,为几个小钱的,小皑头的

penny candy 【英】【旧】(每粒)一分钱糖,一便士糖同义参见:candy

on a penny 廉价地，用很少钱

to the last penny 直到最后一文钱全部

good penny worth 便宜货

penny farthing n. 前轮大后轮小的脚踏车

not a penny the worse 一点也不更差,毫不逊色

turn the penny 挣钱,赚钱,获利

penny arcade 游乐场(装有吃角子老虎等)

单词分析

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记忆方法

复数(pennies或pence)的音译“便士”。

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