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farthing

/fahr-thing/US // ˈfɑr ðɪŋ //UK // (ˈfɑːðɪŋ) //

远东,远方,远兴,远东地区

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a former bronze coin of Great Britain, equal to one-fourth of a British penny: withdrawn in 1961.
    • : something of very small value: I don't care a farthing for your opinion.

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Examples

  • It is believed the couple were visiting royal obstetrician Alan Farthing.

  • His impression is that I was really steering and trying to drop into the Farthing Down beeches.

  • As the Farthing Doll spoke, a very clever idea came into his head.

  • Farthing: three men hanging on a gallows; "The three Thomases, 1796."

  • It was consecrated on January 13, 1908, by Bishop Farthing, being his first official act.

  • Farthing Down stretches for nearly three miles north and south, and under its southern slope lies the little village of Chaldon.