tuppenny-ha'penny

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Very cheap. Ireland,UK,derogatory,not-comparable
    — You’d think he’d lost a Rolex rather than that tuppenny-ha’penny old watch of his.
  2. Alternative form of twopenny-halfpenny (“petty, insignificant”). alt-of,alternative,not-comparable

词汇关系

近义词
two-bit a dime a dozen ten a penny

词源

From tuppenny + ha’penny, i.e. “worth 2½ (old) pence”.
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