单词：halfpenny
音标：['heipәni] ；
n. 半便士硬币, 半便士价值
n. an English coin worth half a penny
词型变化：名词复数形式 : halfpennies
halfpenny的用法和样例：
例句
用作名词(n.)
- After that there wasn't a halfpenny left.那以后,连半便士也不剩了。
- His opinion is not worth a halfpenny.他的意见毫无价值。
用作形容词(adj.)
- Don't bother her with such halfpenny things.不要用这种微不足道的事情来打扰她。
词汇搭配
- penny-halfpenny【英】一分半...
- shove-halfpenny一种掷铜板的赌博...
- twopenny-halfpenny二便士半的
- turn up again like a bad halfpennycome back ...
- bad halfpenny坏蛋,没出息的家伙...
- not a halfpenny the worse一点 也没受到 损失...
- a twopenny halfpenny affair微不足道的小事情...
- halfpenny under the hat一种骗钱的下等赌博...
- come back again like a bad halfpennycome back ...
经典引文
Any judge..would have..awarded these sharks a halfpenny as their share of the compensation.
出自：Lancashire Evening Telegraph