| 词汇 | twopence |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | twopence noun[ C or U ] uk /ˈtʌp.əns/ us /ˈtʌp.əns/ → tuppenceinformal（同 tuppence） British money bit bob copper crown farthing fiver P, p pence penny pound pound sign pound sterling quid sixpenny smacker sovereign tenner tuppence tuppenny twopenny Examples of twopencetwopence Is he further aware that it is quite fantastic to pay a tax of half-a-crown on a tumbler, which probably cost twopence? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It referred to livers, lights, tripe, guts and other things, and fixed prices for all those extraordinary commodities ranging from twopence to four shillings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It began with nine-tenths of twopence and in a few months rose to nine-tenths of five pence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is this quite deplorable business of paying twopence on the pier. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Taking the average, the equivalent of twopence is being rolled up for the benefit of all the insurers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have all these twopence-halfpenny privileges which have been brought into operation in connection with the dockyard system of the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are extremely poor people and pennies and twopences are very valuable to them and the country is rich enough to do without them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fortunately, millions of miners in the past have put into union funds their halfpennies, pennies and twopences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For all that the innkeeper is allowed to charge threepence; it used to be twopence halfpenny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The charge for barley water is twopence, not sixpence per glass. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it was between twopence and threepence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, hardly a day went by without there being a price rise on something—not halfpennies, but pennies, twopences and threepences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The efficiency of labour has gone down enormously, and it has not mattered twopence to the employer whether it went to practically nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not care twopence whom he sends in his place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Twopence per 1,000 feet seems in itself to be a small thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of twopence These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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