sixpence

美 [?s?ksp?ns] 　英 ['s?ksp?ns]

• n.六便士硬幣（英國 1971 年以前使用）
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)六便士銀幣；六便士銅板；唱首六便士之歌

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：sixpences  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

na.	1. 〈英〉六便士(銀幣);微不足道的東西

英英解釋

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.

假設(shè)在世界上她有一個(gè)先令的話，她會(huì)捐出六個(gè)便士的。

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

一個(gè)老奶奶在打掃她的房子，她發(fā)現(xiàn)了一枚彎曲的六便士硬幣。

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.

他給了他們每人一枚六便士銅錢，拍了拍他們的腦袋。他們必恭必敬揮著帽子，行著軍禮，走了。

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

關(guān)于那天晚上，她只記得一小罐魚子醬，值7磅6便士。

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

看起來這是個(gè)愛情故事，但是如羅斯說，愛情會(huì)風(fēng)云突變。

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

你有錢財(cái)，我有運(yùn)氣，所以你最好還是把我留在你的身邊，作你的護(hù)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. '

我驚訝于這份報(bào)紙居然是由金色油墨印制而成的，要知道，6便士在那個(gè)時(shí)代可是一大筆錢。

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

我們一同寄宿在小不列顛，每周租金三先令六便士——這是我們當(dāng)時(shí)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.

六便士銀幣在新娘的左腳鞋子里放一枚六便士銀幣據(jù)說是財(cái)富的象征。

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

這個(gè)人是這么個(gè)買主，一樣東西哪怕只便宜幾個(gè)便士也要挑三家。

wages were sixpence a week within living mort.

工資為周薪六便士的年代，人們記憶猶新。

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.

你能見到他的決心和野心，而且他能轉(zhuǎn)變在一個(gè)六便士上的事物，因此，我不能等候人見到他正在達(dá)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 .

我告訴他是我的箱子，就在那邊街上，我要他把它運(yùn)到多佛馬車票房，運(yùn)費(fèi)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！”籬笆豁口處，一只老兔子喝道。“通過私人道路，得交六便士！”

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

他父親給了風(fēng)琴手六個(gè)便士讓他走開。

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

在那里，她編出越來越多有關(guān)遭謀殺、受折磨、被迫為娼以及食人的野蠻故事，以每人六便士迷住了觀眾。

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

用六便士買一條令人滿意的巧克力糖，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銀幣”是一個(gè)對(duì)財(cái)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.

任何的銀硬幣可作為由于在循環(huán)中而很難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.

從專輯的第一注意到，麥晉桁的撫慰語音呼叫想到這樣的恩雅，蒂朵和六便士沒有富裕的李納什。

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

這個(gè)人是這么個(gè)買主，一樣東西哪怕只便宜幾個(gè)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.

圣誕布丁：傳統(tǒng)的英國圣誕節(jié)往往將一枚六便士硬幣放在布丁內(nèi)，誰若找到它就會(huì)贏得一份獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)。

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，把錢掉到地上了，硬幣沿著人行道滾動(dòng)，掉進(jìn)陰溝里去了。

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

給你六個(gè)便士，你知道為什么這棵樹上沒有蘋果嗎？

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

在英國，六便士就能買到一個(gè)“登特氏一次性牙刷”，而且是已經(jīng)涂有足夠一次性用的牙膏了。

This book is five shillings sixpence.

這本書定價(jià)五先令六便士。

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

我把口袋里的兩個(gè)便士跟六便士撞在一塊。

Instead, he bought himself sixpence worth of trouble.

他非但不存，還因六便士而陷入了麻煩之中。

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

在左鞋里放一個(gè)銀色六便士則是財(cái)富的象征。

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

但就像人氣一樣，規(guī)模也會(huì)有起有落。

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

用完小吃以后，搬過桌子來打牌，我們打克利比，一把六便士的彩。

devils if they lose sixpence . raise cain.

她們要是丟了六便士，那可就麻煩啦。

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

唱一支六便士之歌，滿口袋的黑麥。

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黃金，因此其幣值為十二先令六便士。

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

有一個(gè)彎曲的人，并且他走一彎曲的英里，他對(duì)一個(gè)彎曲的梯蹬找到一彎曲的六便士；

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.

今天新娘恐怕連一枚六便士是什么樣子都不知道，傳統(tǒng)習(xí)俗的這一部分在現(xiàn)代婚禮中已經(jīng)不常被遵守。

He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile;

手拿扭曲的六便士，踏上扭曲的臺(tái)階；

He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile;

在一個(gè)彎彎扭扭的階梯旁發(fā)現(xiàn)了彎彎扭扭的六便士，

Inspiration to My Life after Graduation from Moon and Sixpence

《MoonandSixpence》對(duì)我大學(xué)畢業(yè)后生活的啟示