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dime

/dahym/US // daɪm //UK // (daɪm) //

一角钱,镚儿,一分钱,钢镚儿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
    • : Slang. ten dollars.a 10-year prison sentence.dime bag.

Phrases

  • dime a dozen
  • drop a dime
  • get off the dime
  • not worth a dime

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He’d even gone as far as installing protective gates on his own dime.

  • Add in a little negotiation, and you’ll ensure you never waste a dime.

  • Additionally, if the tax increase did lead to a significant increase in electric vehicle purchases, SANDAG would have done a great deal to reduce carbon emissions without spending a dime.

  • Unlike calling the SEC, however, that won’t earn them a dime.

  • The artist never sees a dime from that, relying instead on the value of future releases to pay dividends on the work.

  • Antoine himself had recently been arrested on a six-year-old warrant for a dime bag of weed.

  • In a country where talk is “cheap” and opinions are “a dime a dozen,” we give the facts special privileges and special status.

  • God help us, it all took place on our taxpayer dime, all in the name of defending the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.

  • I pressed the dime-sized rubber button on my vest, which was linked to my radio.

  • He spun three times, stopped on a dime, and flashed the familiar “jazz hands” pose before walking away.

  • They ran a dime apiece up into multi-millions without batting their eye-lashes.

  • An itching red spot about the size of a dime was noticed in thirty-six hours, and it steadily increased in size.

  • Some day New York will find out that 'the finest police force in the world' is the biggest sham outside the dime museum.

  • "Thank you," returned Average Jones, enormously entertained by the dime-novel setting which his host had provided for him.

  • "Old Bishop Berkeley would give a nonexistent dime to your nonexistent presence," Anders said gaily.