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    Pennies is one plural of penny, the small coin. In the United States, a penny is the one-cent coin, and pennies is the only plural: I have three pennies.

    Pennies Penniesis one plural of penny, the small coin是penny(小硬幣)的其中一種複數形。In the United States在美國,a penny is the one-cent coin一個penny是一分錢的硬幣,and pennies is the only pluralpennies是唯一的複數形:I have three pennies像I have three pennies。

    In Britain, a penny is one hundredth of a pound, and there are two plurals with different jobs. Pennies is for the coins you can hold and count as objects — a jar of pennies, three pennies in my hand. Pence is for the amount of money — this costs fifty pence, not fifty pennies, unless you really mean fifty separate coins.

    In Britain在英國,a penny is one hundredth of a pound一個penny是一英鎊的百分之一,and there are two plurals with different jobs而且有兩種複數形,各有各的用法。Pennies is for the coins you can hold and count as objectsPennies是用在你可以拿在手上、當作實體東西數的硬幣——a jar of pennies, three pennies in my hand像a jar of pennies、three pennies in my hand。Pence is for the amount of moneyPence是用在金額——this costs fifty pence, not fifty pennies像this costs fifty pence,而不是fifty pennies,unless you really mean fifty separate coins除非你真的是指五十個分開的硬幣。

    People still say save your pennies for keeping small coins, even when those coins are not worth much. Pennies can also stand, a little loosely, for a tiny bit of money in general.

    People still say save your pennies for keeping small coins大家還是會說save your pennies來表示存零錢,even when those coins are not worth much就算那些硬幣沒什麼價值也一樣。Pennies can also stand, a little loosely, for a tiny bit of money in generalPennies也可以比較鬆散地泛指一點點錢。

    The coins themselves are often copper-coloured, which is why you hear pennies in the fountain and the like.

    The coins themselves are often copper-coloured這些硬幣本身常常是銅色的,which is why you hear pennies in the fountain and the like這也是為什麼你會聽到pennies in the fountain之類的說法。

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組成The regular plural of penny (the y becomes i, then -es).

同家族的字

  • pennythis is simply the plural of the coin
  • pencethe other British plural, used for an amount of money rather than the coins themselves
  • pennilessbuilt from penny: having no pennies, so no money

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

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penniesnoun/ˈpɛnɪz/

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    An unspecified, but very small amount of money.

    • It costs only pennies per day.

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