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

• She loved to shop and buy clothes, while I tendedto pinch pennies.
  她喜欢购物和买衣服，而我向来吝啬。
• A former English silver coin worth four pennies.
  英联邦早期的一种价值为四便士的银币。
• You've been giving him pennies to make him work as your servant.
  给他一点儿钱让他来当你的仆人。
• 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；
• I gave her six pennies.
  我给了她六便士。
• 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。
• What about my five pennies?@ he asked.
  “我的五分钱怎么办？”他问道。
• Over a billion pennies were minted in1943.
  1943年铸造了数十亿的美分。
• B.You can rent a bicycle for pennies a day.
  你可以租用自行车，每天几美分。
• Him and his friends sitting on their bikes in front of the house, pitching pennies.
  他和他的朋友在房子前，坐在自行车上抛硬币。