| 单词 | twopenny |
| 释义 | twopenny adjective[before noun] UKuk/ˈtʌp.ən.i//ˈtʌp.ni/us/ˈtʌp.ən.i//ˈtʌp.ni/(alsotuppenny)costingorworthtwopence: 两便士的；值两便士的a twopennychew(=typeofsweet)一颗两便士软糖 British money
Examplesoftwopennytwopenny It was literature of the previous generation that wound up ontwopennybookstalls and in the readers used by working-class schools, which depended on out-of-copyright material. From theCambridge English Corpus The estimate is based on the issues oftwopennystamps during the preceding year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the most active councils spend the equivalent of only atwopennyrate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it is only right that what used to be the old penny machine should be regarded as thetwopennymachine of today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was to be a loan of £80,000, and there was this £600 per annum or atwopennyrate for advertising. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If thetwopennyscale was substituted the effect would be that the one candidate, standing alone, would spend £188, and one joint candidate would spend £141. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a matter of major importance; not a trifling,twopenny-halfpenny matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Do not take their pennies and twopennies from them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of the schemes to be carried out may cost more than atwopennyrate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It uses thesetwopenny-halfpenny exercises in order to raise money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Civil servants and others, too, often tend to think in terms of atwopennytram ride to the nearest hospital in the city. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be atwopenny-halfpenny place, with merely a jetty of some character, which would not have a statutory backing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To-day we have not only the original shilling pool, but sixpenny pools,twopennypools, penny pools and even the halfpenny pool. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Today the penny machine, in virtue and in truth, is really thetwopennymachine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The product of atwopennyrate from the county councils is £28,000, and with miscellaneous receipts of approximately f 6,0o0 the total is £65,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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