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pretty penny

/pen-ee/US // ˈpɛn i //UK // (ˈpɛnɪ) //

漂亮的一分钱,漂亮钱币,漂亮的钱,漂亮的钱币

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pen·nies, pence.

    • : a copper and zinc U.S. coin, worth one 100th of the U.S. dollar; one cent. Previous compositions of U.S. pennies included certain percentages of nickel and steel.
    • : a coin worth one 100th of the dollar of various other nations, although several of these nations, as Australia and New Zealand, no longer use pennies.
    • : Also called new penny . a copper-plated steel, formerly bronze, coin of the United Kingdom, one 100th of a pound. Abbreviation: p
    • : a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, one 12th of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d.
    • : a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned.
    • : the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations, as eightpenny and sixtypenny.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Stock Exchange. of, relating to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.

Phrases

  • penny for your thoughts, a
  • penny pincher
  • penny saved is a penny earned, a
  • penny wise and pound foolish
  • in for a penny, in for a pound
  • pinch pennies
  • pretty penny
  • turn up (like a bad penny)

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inexpensive
Synonyms
costly昂贵的,成本高,成本高的,费用高昂extravagant挥霍无度,奢侈的,挥霍浪费,奢华的fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的high高,很高,高度,较高lavish挥霍无度,奢华的,挥霍无度的,挥霍浪费的overpriced价格过高,过高的价格,价格过高的,超价pricey昂贵的,价格昂贵的,廉价的,价格低廉的upscale高档次,高档,高档次的,高档的valuable有价值的,有价值,价值连城,价值an arm and a leg胳膊和腿,手脚并用,胳膊腿儿,胳膊肘往外拐at a premium溢价,溢价出售,溢价的,高价big-ticket大宗商品,大宗交易,大票,大件商品dear亲爱的,亲爱,亲,尊敬的excessive过量,过量的,过大的,过大exorbitant过高的,过高,高昂的,昂贵的highway robbery高速路抢劫,公路抢劫,高速公路抢劫案,公路抢劫罪holdup抢劫,抢劫案,抢劫事件,抢劫罪immoderate无节制,无节制的,无度,无度的inordinate冗长的,过度,过多的,无限的invaluable价值连城,价值连城的,非常宝贵的,非常有价值的out of sight看不见的,不见得,看不见的地方,看不见plush长毛绒,长毛绒的,长毛绒玩具,长毛绒绒的posh高档,高档次的,高档次,豪华rich丰富,丰富的,富有,富有的ritzy髦的,奢华的,奢华,奢侈sky-high天高云淡,天高气爽,天高皇帝远,天高任鸟飞steep陡峭的,陡峭,陡峭的斜坡,陡然stiff僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬swank挥霍无度,挥霍,挥杆,挥霍浪费too high太高了,过高,太高,太高了点uneconomical不符合经济效益,不经济,不经济的,不合算unreasonable不合情理的,不合情理,不合理的,不合常理

Examples

  • In today’s essay, I look at the bubbly trade in penny and loss-making stocks, including the crazy surge in GameStop.

  • Phil Knight, who with his wife, Penny, made the second- and third-largest donations last year according to the Chronicle, increased his wealth by about 77% over the same March-to-December period.

  • While most prison jobs pay pennies on the hour, a few prison jobs, such as making furniture, pay $1 an hour, Bryant said.

  • In this case, fixing just the worst fridges would cut vaccine damage in half and save lives for pennies on the dollar.

  • Now, Watson can answer 75% of the questions people ask, and Otsego County has started paying for the service, which Pokorny says costs “pennies” per conversation.

  • They deserve every penny and more: booking a four week tour is a huge job.

  • “Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.

  • She regressed to the mental state of a toddler lost in a J.C. Penny department store.

  • “I have not been paid and will not be paid a single penny,” he declared.

  • While there I am, getting mad at my wife for sending me cards all the time because I know she needs every penny right now.

  • In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.

  • Since the end of 1847, not a penny has come into his own pocket either through piano-playing and conducting, or through teaching.

  • A system of supplying school-children with penny dinners is the latest philanthropic movement.

  • In the same year he also manufactured two million penny tokens for our soldiers in Spain, which were not forbidden.

  • The penny at that time was equal to a shilling of the present day, and would, relatively, purchase as much.