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。
• We must pinch pennies to make ends meet.
  我们一定要精打细算，以求收支平衡。
• 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。
• Can you give me the change in pennies?
  请用便士给我找零钱好吗？
• 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。
• You've been giving him pennies to make him work as your servant.
  给他一点儿钱让他来当你的仆人。
• I gave her six pennies.
  我给了她六便士。
• A coin worth nine pennies.
  价值为九便士的硬币。
• Him and his friends sitting on their bikes in front of the house, pitching pennies.
  他和他的朋友在房子前，坐在自行车上抛硬币。
• 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。