twopence
/tuhp-uhns/US // ˈtʌp əns //UK // (ˈtʌpəns) //
两便士,二便士,二钱,两分钱
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural two·pence, two·pen·ces for 2-4.
- : British. a sum of two pennies.
- : a bronze coin of the United Kingdom equal to two pennies: issued after decimalization in 1971.
- : a former copper coin of Great Britain, equal to two pennies, issued under George III.
- : a former silver coin of England, equal to two pennies: issued only as maundy money after 1662.
- : a trifle.
Examples
The duty on importation had been only twopence per pound, a moderate sum in view of the prices realized by the sale of it.
Dazzled by the more lavish gifts, she looked listlessly and disdainfully at bodkins, three for twopence.
It carries the London working man p. 36twelve miles in and twelve miles out for twopence a day.
Two hearts that beat as one—you bet—twopence into a penny show now, Jeff!
It was a difference concerning twopence between the persons with the waggon and the man at the toll-bar.
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