pennies

英 [ˈpɛnɪz]

美 [ˈpɛniz]

penny 的复数，多仅指硬币，不指数量

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• （penny的复数，通常仅指硬币，不指数量）
  Penniesis the plural ofpenny.Penniesis mainly used to refer only to coins, rather than to amounts.

双语例句

• We scorn a boy who takes pennies from a newspaper stand.
  我们蔑视从报摊上拿走硬币的男孩。
• We must pinch pennies to make ends meet.
  我们一定要精打细算，以求收支平衡。
• Please give me ten pennies for this tenpence piece.
  请替我把这十便士换成十个一便士硬币。
• He printed the names of every donor, including schoolchildren who donated pennies.
  他刊登每一位捐赠者的名字，包括捐赠了几分钱的学童。
• Can you give me the change in pennies?
  请用便士给我找零钱好吗？
• Man, you told me if I think pennies, I get pennies.
  伙计，你说过我要便士，就给我便士。
• He had saved up a jarful of old pennies.
  他积攒了一罐一便士的旧硬币。
• Steel pennies are scarce now except in coin shops.
  除了在钱币店内，钢币便士现在很难见到了。
• So if you're serious about deficits, you shouldn't be pinching pennies now;
  所以如果你真的关心财政赤字问题，你不应该在现在精打细算；
• A small British coin worth six pennies; not minted since 1970.
  一种价值为六便士的小型英国硬币；年铸造。