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

• B.You can rent a bicycle for pennies a day.
  你可以租用自行车，每天几美分。
• I will always remember; she saved her pennies in a glass jar.
  我永远都会记得；她把零钱存放在一个玻璃罐中。
• 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。
• Please give me ten pennies for this tenpence piece.
  请替我把这十便士换成十个一便士硬币。
• He printed the names of every donor, including schoolchildren who donated pennies.
  他刊登每一位捐赠者的名字，包括捐赠了几分钱的学童。
• He gave me my change in pennies.
  他找给我便士铜币。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。