penny
释义
n. 便士
自然拼读
词态
复数：pence
复数：pennies
课本例句
例句
The bus fare is 80 pence.
公共汽车费是80便士。
Unleaded petrol rose more than a penny a gallon.
无铅汽油每加仑涨了一个多便士。
词组
pretty penny
一大笔钱；大数目之金钱
like a bad penny
不想看见时一再出现，要想忘记但忘不掉
penny stock
便士股票，低价股
a bad penny
反复出现的讨厌的人；一再出现的不需要的人
penny pincher
守财奴；小气鬼
two a penny
[英国口语]多得很；不值钱，多而贱的；平凡的
spend a penny
上公共厕所（旧时英国公厕的自动门须投一便士硬币后方行开启）
have not a penny
很穷，不名一文
not a penny
不名一文，一分钱也没有
近义
n.（美）分；便士
cent
minute
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真题
考纲分布
n. [货币单位]便士
phr. (a pretty penny)一大笔钱
考纲释义
n. [货币单位]便士
真题例句
There the farmer sold the horseshoe and with a few pennies he bought some cherries.
在那里，农夫卖掉了马蹄铁，用几便士买了一些樱桃。
[2021 黄石市卷 阅读理解]
A penny saved is a penny earned.
省一便士就是赚一便士。
[2019 河南省卷 阅读理解]
I'm glad you told me about the pennies, and of course I'll forgive you.
我很高兴你告诉了我硬币的事，当然我会原谅你。
[2018 连云港卷 完型填空]
phr. (a pretty penny)一大笔钱
真题例句
People today will pay a pretty penny for stamps, toys, video games, board games, books, coins, and clothes of yesterday.
今天的人们会花一大笔钱买邮票、玩具、电子游戏、棋盘游戏、书、硬币和衣服。
[2021 连云港市卷 阅读理解]
备考短语
1.a pretty penny
翻译：一大笔钱
考纲分布
n. [货币单位]便士
考纲释义
n. [货币单位]便士
真题例句
The phrase "penny paper " caught the public's fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.
“便士纸”这个短语引起了公众的兴趣，不久就会有真正只卖一便士的报纸出现了。
[2019 全国卷3 阅读理解]
The trend, then, was toward the "penny paper"-a term referring to papers made widely available to the public.
当时的趋势是“便士报”——一个术语，指广泛向公众提供的报纸。
[2019 全国卷3 阅读理解]
At first the price of single copies was seldom a penny and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents.
起初，单份报纸的价格很少有一便士的，一些老牌的知名报纸会卖到五六美分。
[2019 全国卷3 阅读理解]
备考短语
1.penny paper
翻译：便士报；一分钱报纸