dime

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A coin worth one-tenth of a dollar, that is, ten cents. Canada,US
    — The San Francisco mint made about 2.5 million of these dimes, but fewer than 10 are still known to exist, according to Heritage. That’s because a financial crisis in 1893 killed demand for new coinage, and almost all the dimes were melted down.
  2. A small amount of money. Canada,US
    — She didn't spend a dime.
  3. An assist. Philippines,US
  4. A playing card with the rank of ten. slang
  5. Ten dollars. slang
  6. A thousand dollars. slang
    — At one point, Rob hit a dire losing streak. In a single week, he dropped a dime—$1,000.
  7. A measure of illicit drugs (usually marijuana) sold in ten-dollar bags. slang
  8. A ten-year prison sentence. slang
    — These deaths got him a dime in a minimum-security prison.
  9. Payment responsibility. slang
    — Are you traveling on the company's dime?
  10. A beautiful woman (10 on a 10-point scale). US,slang
    — Make a couple of nuns a couple of dimes.
  11. A defensive formation with six defensive backs, one of whom is a dimeback.
  12. A particularly long or precise throw that ends with a catch. Canadian
动词 v.
  1. To inform on, to turn in to the authorities, to rat on, especially anonymously. US,slang
    — Somebody dimed on me and I got arrested for selling marijuana.
  2. To operate an audio amplifier (especially an electric guitar amplifier) at level "10" (typically the highest amplification level). US,slang
    — I get the best-sounding sustain and smooth harmonic distortion when I run the amp dimed.

词形变化

dimes plural dimes present,singular,third-person diming participle,present dimed participle,past dimed past

词汇关系

衍生词
bet a dime to a dollar bet a dollar to a dime dime a dozen dimeback dime back dime bag dime-bag dime-dropper dime dropper dimeless dimelike dime museum dime novel dime novelist dime piece dime store dime's worth drop a dime five-and-dime five and dime half dime Mercury dime nickel-and-dime nickel and dime not worth a dime on a dime on someone's dime on someone's own dime Yankee dime
相关词
buck dollar mill nickel quarter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dime, from Anglo-Norman disme (“one tenth, tithe”) (modern French dîme), from Medieval Latin decima, from Latin decima (pars) (“tenth (part)”). Doublet of decim, decima, and decime.
词源 2
From the use of the coin in a payphone to report a crime to the police. US payphones charged 10¢ in almost all jurisdictions until the late 1970s.
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