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

• 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。
• 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。
• What about my five pennies?@ he asked.
  “我的五分钱怎么办？”他问道。
• He had saved up a jarful of old pennies.
  他积攒了一罐一便士的旧硬币。
• 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。
• She returned with a bag of trinkets and a few pennies.
  最后她带了一包小首饰回来，手中只剩下几分钱。
• I only need a thousand more pennies to buy my airplane.
  我只要在有一千个一角的铜板，就能买一架飞机了。
• She had several coins in her pocket, But no pennies.
  她口袋里有几个硬币，但是没有便士。
• A small British coin worth six pennies; not minted since 1970.
  一种价值为六便士的小型英国硬币；年铸造。