farthing
美音:
[´fɑ:ðıŋ
]英音:
[´fɑ:ðıŋ
]n.<英>1/4旧便士,英国最小的钱币,极少量,一点儿
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farthing为短语/超纲词汇
近义词, 同义词
farthing
/'fɑ:ðɪŋ; `fɑrðɪŋ/
n
1 former British coin worth one quarter of an old penny 英国旧时面值为四分之一便士的硬币.
2 (idm 习语) not care/give a farthing not care at all 毫不在乎.
farthing
n[C][
Language: Old English;Origin: feorthung, from feortha
'fourth, quarter']
an old British coin that was worth one quarter of a
penny
1. Easton looked alternatively at the list of debts and the three letters, and then he said, "I give you nearly every farthing I earn and I never interfere with anything, because I think it´s your part to attend to the house, but it seems to me yo 伊斯顿看了看债单,又看了看那三封信,然后说,“我差不多把挣来的每个子儿都交给你了,而且我也从来没有干涉过什么。因为我觉得持家是你的事儿。可是现在看来,你根本没有把家管好。”
2. "I never spend a farthing on myself, but you don´t seem to understand how hard it is." “也没在我自己身上花过一分钱。可是你好象不知道当家有多难。”
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