sixpence

sixpence

美 [ˈsɪkspəns] 　英 ['sɪkspəns]

• n.六便士硬币（英国 1971 年以前使用）
• 网络六便士银币；六便士铜板；唱首六便士之歌

词形变化

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英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 〈英〉六便士(银币);微不足道的东西

英英解释

n.	1. a unit of money worth six old pennies, used in the U.K. until 1971, or the small silver coin with this value

例句

If she had only a shilling in the world, she would be very likely to give away sixpence of it.

假设在世界上她有一个先令的话，她会捐出六个便士的。

AN old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence.

一个老奶奶在打扫她的房子，她发现了一枚弯曲的六便士硬币。

He gave them sixpence apiece and a pat on the head, and they went off with much respectful swinging of caps and touching of forelocks.

他给了他们每人一枚六便士铜钱，拍了拍他们的脑袋。他们必恭必敬挥着帽子，行着军礼，走了。

But of that evening she had remembered a little pot ofcaviare. It had cost seven and sixpence.

关于那天晚上，她只记得一小罐鱼子酱，值7磅6便士。

It looked like a love story. But love, as she said, could turn on a sixpence.

看起来这是个爱情故事，但是如罗斯说，爱情会风云突变。

You've got money, and I've got luck; so you'd better keep me by you for your crooked sixpence.

你有钱财，我有运气，所以你最好还是把我留在你的身边，作你的护身符。

'I'm amazed that it's all in gold print - a sixpence would have been quite a lot of money in those days. '

我惊讶于这份报纸居然是由金色油墨印制而成的，要知道，6便士在那个时代可是一大笔钱。

We took lodgings together in Little Britain at three shillings and sixpence a week-- as much as we could then afford.

我们一同寄宿在小不列颠，每周租金三先令六便士——这是我们当时所能支出的最高租金。

Silver sixpence. . . Placing a silver sixpence in the bride's left shoe is said to be a symbol of wealth.

六便士银币在新娘的左脚鞋子里放一枚六便士银币据说是财富的象征。

This buyer is the sort of man who will choose something because it is sixpence cheaper than the next article.

这个人是这么个买主，一样东西哪怕只便宜几个便士也要挑三家。

wages were sixpence a week within living mort.

工资为周薪六便士的年代，人们记忆犹新。

You can see his determination and ambition, and he can switch things on a sixpence, so I can't wait for people to see what he's achieving.

你能见到他的决心和野心，而且他能转变在一个六便士上的事物，因此，我不能等候人见到他正在达成的。

I told him mine, which was down that street there, and which I wanted him to take to the Dover coach office for sixpence .

我告诉他是我的箱子，就在那边街上，我要他把它运到多佛马车票房，运费是六便士。

'Hold up! ' said an elderly rabbit at the gap. 'Sixpence for the privilege of passing by the private road! '

“站住！”篱笆豁口处，一只老兔子喝道。“通过私人道路，得交六便士！”

The organ-player had been ordered to go away and given sixpence .

他父亲给了风琴手六个便士让他走开。

There she spun increasingly wild tales of murder, torture, white slavery, and cannibalism to spellbound audiences at sixpence a head.

在那里，她编出越来越多有关遭谋杀、受折磨、被迫为娼以及食人的野蛮故事，以每人六便士迷住了观众。

sixpence is a small price to pay for a satisfying bar of chocolate.

用六便士买一条令人满意的巧克力糖，是算不了什么的。

"A Silver Sixpence in Her Shoe" is a blessing for wealth.

“在一只鞋里放一枚六便士的银币”是一个对财富的祝福。

Any silver coin makes a sufficient substitute for a sixpence coin that is difficult to find due to its being in circulation till 1971.

任何的银硬币可作为由于在循环中而很难被找到的六便士的充分替代直到1971年。

From the album's first note, Mack's soothing voice calls to mind the likes of Enya, Dido and Sixpence None the Richer's Leigh Nash.

从专辑的第一注意到，麦晋桁的抚慰语音呼叫想到这样的恩雅，蒂朵和六便士没有富裕的李纳什。

This buyer is the sort of man who will choose something because it is sixpence cheaper than the next article.

这个人是这么个买主，一样东西哪怕只便宜几个便士也要挑三家。

Christmas pudding: A very traditional English Christmas requires that a sixpence is put inside the pudding, whoever finds it wins a prize.

圣诞布丁：传统的英国圣诞节往往将一枚六便士硬币放在布丁内，谁若找到它就会赢得一份奖励。

On him way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.

他在去糖果店的路上，把钱掉到地上了，硬币沿着人行道滚动，掉进阴沟里去了。

Here's a sixpence for you. Do you know why there are no apples on that tree?

给你六个便士，你知道为什么这棵树上没有苹果吗？

In England for sixpence one may buy a "Dentamatic throw-away toothbrush" which comes already coated with toothpaste for its one-time use.

在英国，六便士就能买到一个“登特氏一次性牙刷”，而且是已经涂有足够一次性用的牙膏了。

This book is five shillings sixpence.

这本书定价五先令六便士。

I allowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket.

我把口袋里的两个便士跟六便士撞在一块。

Instead, he bought himself sixpence worth of trouble.

他非但不存，还因六便士而陷入了麻烦之中。

Placing a silver sixpence in the bride's left shoe is a symbol of wealth.

在左鞋里放一个银色六便士则是财富的象征。

But size, like sentiment, can turn on a sixpence.

但就像人气一样，规模也会有起有落。

After refreshment, tables were brought, and we all played cribbage, sixpence a game.

用完小吃以后，搬过桌子来打牌，我们打克利比，一把六便士的彩。

devils if they lose sixpence . raise cain.

她们要是丢了六便士，那可就麻烦啦。

Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.

唱一支六便士之歌，满口袋的黑麦。

I bet you sixpence it will rain tonight.

我肯定今夜下雨。

Sing a song of sixpence.

唱一只六便士的歌吧。

Seventy-two solidi went to the pound of gold, so that its value was about twelve shillings and sixpence.

七十二枚索里迪用一磅黄金，因此其币值为十二先令六便士。

There was a crooked man, and he walked a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;

有一个弯曲的人，并且他走一弯曲的英里，他对一个弯曲的梯蹬找到一弯曲的六便士；

Since most brides probably don't even know what a sixpence is, this part of the tradition is not used very often in modern times.

今天新娘恐怕连一枚六便士是什么样子都不知道，传统习俗的这一部分在现代婚礼中已经不常被遵守。

He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;

手拿扭曲的六便士，踏上扭曲的台阶；

He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile;

在一个弯弯扭扭的阶梯旁发现了弯弯扭扭的六便士，

Inspiration to My Life after Graduation from Moon and Sixpence

《MoonandSixpence》对我大学毕业后生活的启示