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(1)(英國(guó))一便士硬幣 1) (1971年以后等于百分之一鎊) (coin with the value of 100th of a pound in Great Britain after 1971) [C] (縮寫p)： 100～ies weigh a lot. 100枚一便士硬幣很重。Tomatoes are 30 pence a pound. 西紅柿30便士一磅。The oranges only cost 7p each. 這些橘子每個(gè)只要七便士。2) (1971年以前等于十二分之一先令) (coin with the value of 12th of a shilling in Great Britain before 1971) [C](縮寫d)： Chocolate bars， 6p each. 巧克力，六便士一塊。Can you give me six～ies for a six pence? 你能給我把一個(gè)六便士的硬幣換成六個(gè)一便士的硬幣嗎?

(2)(美國(guó)，加拿大)一分硬幣(coin worth one cent in the US and Canada) [C] (infml)： It isn't worth a～. 它不值一分錢。

be two/ten a penny 很便宜的;數(shù)量大且易于弄到的：Small houses in the country are two a～in Ireland. 鄉(xiāng)間的小屋在愛(ài)爾蘭很便宜。

in for a penny， in for a pound 一旦開(kāi)始就要干到底;一不做，二不休;

the penny drops (某人突然把話)聽(tīng)明白了(infml)(尤 BrE)： I had to explain the problem to him several times before the～finally dropped. 我把問(wèn)題向他解釋了好幾遍，他才終于聽(tīng)懂了。

a penny for your thoughts 說(shuō)說(shuō)你在想什么 (常用于向某個(gè)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間默不作聲陷入沉思的人發(fā)問(wèn))：“A～for your thoughts!” he exclaimed. “說(shuō)說(shuō)你在想什么呢!”他大聲說(shuō)道。

penny wise (and) pound foolish 小處精明，大處糊涂：Asking the workers not to make private telephone calls from the office is not really likely to reduce the firm's losses — it's just being～wise and pound foolish. 讓工作人員不在辦公室打私人電話不大可能真正減少公司的損失，正所謂撿了芝麻，丟了西瓜。

turn up like a bad penny (不受歡迎的人)經(jīng)常出現(xiàn) (infml)： The man who had been rude to us on the train kept turning up like a bad～wherever we went. 無(wú)論我們走到哪里，那個(gè)曾在火車上對(duì)我們無(wú)禮的人也總是出現(xiàn)。

→′penny-pincher n 小氣的人，吝嗇鬼;′penny-pinching adj 小氣的，吝嗇的;n 小氣，吝嗇;′pennyweight n 本尼威特(重量單位，合1.555克);′pennyworth (或 penn'orth) n 一便士能夠買到的東西;

【說(shuō)明】在英國(guó)、美國(guó)和加拿大，當(dāng)指硬幣本身而不是指錢數(shù)多少時(shí)用復(fù)數(shù)形式pennies， 如： I think there are nine pounds left， besides some pennies. (我想除了一些硬幣外，還剩下九鎊錢。) 在英國(guó)，當(dāng)指錢數(shù)多少時(shí)，復(fù)數(shù)形式用pence或p， 如： It costs seven and a half pence. (它的價(jià)格是7.5便士。) 特別在與一個(gè)數(shù)詞連用表達(dá)大于一便士的錢數(shù)時(shí)，要用pence， 如： 6 pence (6便士)。1p 在口語(yǔ)中讀作 a penny。在說(shuō)到舊時(shí)的錢或用于詞組時(shí)，總是用penny， 如： It cost a pretty penny. (這花了好多錢。)