sixpence

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɪks.pəns/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The value of six old pence; half of a shilling; or one-fortieth of a pound sterling. British,Irish,obsolete,uncountable
    — Finest apples, sixpence each.
  2. A former British or Irish coin worth six pennies, first minted in 1551. countable,historical,uncountable
    — Have you got two sixpences for a shilling?

词形变化

sixpences plural

词汇关系

近义词
sixpenny bit tanner lord tester tizzy hog pig sow's baby
衍生词
look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence mill-sixpence on a sixpence upon a sixpence
相关词
twopence tuppence threepence fourpence fivepence eightpence tenpence

词源

From six + pence.
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