pretty penny

/pen-ee/US // ˈpɛn i //UK // (ˈpɛnɪ) //

漂亮的一分钱,漂亮钱币,漂亮的钱,漂亮的钱币

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural pen·nies, pence.
- : a copper and zinc U.S. coin, worth one 100th of the U.S. dollar; one cent. Previous compositions of U.S. pennies included certain percentages of nickel and steel.
- : a coin worth one 100th of the dollar of various other nations, although several of these nations, as Australia and New Zealand, no longer use pennies.
- : Also called new penny . a copper-plated steel, formerly bronze, coin of the United Kingdom, one 100th of a pound. Abbreviation: p
- : a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, one 12th of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d.
- : a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned.
- : the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations, as eightpenny and sixtypenny.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Stock Exchange. of, relating to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.

Phrases

penny for your thoughts, a
penny pincher
penny saved is a penny earned, a
penny wise and pound foolish
in for a penny, in for a pound
pinch pennies
pretty penny
turn up (like a bad penny)

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indear

Synonyms

valuable有价值的,有价值,价值连城,价值 fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的 high高,很高,高度,较高 steep陡峭的,陡峭,陡峭的斜坡,陡然 stiff僵硬的,坚硬的,僵硬,坚硬 an arm and a leg胳膊和腿,手脚并用,胳膊腿儿,胳膊肘往外拐 at a premium溢价,溢价出售,溢价的,高价 cher珍惜,珍视,珍爱,爱惜

Examples

In today’s essay, I look at the bubbly trade in penny and loss-making stocks, including the crazy surge in GameStop.
Phil Knight, who with his wife, Penny, made the second- and third-largest donations last year according to the Chronicle, increased his wealth by about 77% over the same March-to-December period.
While most prison jobs pay pennies on the hour, a few prison jobs, such as making furniture, pay $1 an hour, Bryant said.
In this case, fixing just the worst fridges would cut vaccine damage in half and save lives for pennies on the dollar.
Now, Watson can answer 75% of the questions people ask, and Otsego County has started paying for the service, which Pokorny says costs “pennies” per conversation.
They deserve every penny and more: booking a four week tour is a huge job.
“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.
She regressed to the mental state of a toddler lost in a J.C. Penny department store.
“I have not been paid and will not be paid a single penny,” he declared.
While there I am, getting mad at my wife for sending me cards all the time because I know she needs every penny right now.
In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.
Since the end of 1847, not a penny has come into his own pocket either through piano-playing and conducting, or through teaching.
A system of supplying school-children with penny dinners is the latest philanthropic movement.
In the same year he also manufactured two million penny tokens for our soldiers in Spain, which were not forbidden.

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pretty penny

/pen-ee/US // ˈpɛn i //UK // (ˈpɛnɪ) //

漂亮的一分钱,漂亮钱币,漂亮的钱,漂亮的钱币

Related Words

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural pen·nies, pence.
- : a copper and zinc U.S. coin, worth one 100th of the U.S. dollar; one cent. Previous compositions of U.S. pennies included certain percentages of nickel and steel.
- : a coin worth one 100th of the dollar of various other nations, although several of these nations, as Australia and New Zealand, no longer use pennies.
- : Also called new penny . a copper-plated steel, formerly bronze, coin of the United Kingdom, one 100th of a pound. Abbreviation: p
- : a former bronze coin and monetary unit of the United Kingdom and various other nations, one 12th of a shilling: use phased out in 1971. Abbreviation: d.
- : a sum of money: He spent every penny he ever earned.
- : the length of a nail in terms of certain standard designations, as eightpenny and sixtypenny.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Stock Exchange. of, relating to, or being penny stock: frenzied speculation in the penny market.

Phrases

penny for your thoughts, a
penny pincher
penny saved is a penny earned, a
penny wise and pound foolish
in for a penny, in for a pound
pinch pennies
pretty penny
turn up (like a bad penny)

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indear

Synonyms

Examples

In today’s essay, I look at the bubbly trade in penny and loss-making stocks, including the crazy surge in GameStop.
Phil Knight, who with his wife, Penny, made the second- and third-largest donations last year according to the Chronicle, increased his wealth by about 77% over the same March-to-December period.
While most prison jobs pay pennies on the hour, a few prison jobs, such as making furniture, pay $1 an hour, Bryant said.
In this case, fixing just the worst fridges would cut vaccine damage in half and save lives for pennies on the dollar.
Now, Watson can answer 75% of the questions people ask, and Otsego County has started paying for the service, which Pokorny says costs “pennies” per conversation.
They deserve every penny and more: booking a four week tour is a huge job.
“Every single witness is inadmissible, hearsay, triple-hearsay,” said assistant state attorney Penny Brill in court yesterday.
She regressed to the mental state of a toddler lost in a J.C. Penny department store.
“I have not been paid and will not be paid a single penny,” he declared.
While there I am, getting mad at my wife for sending me cards all the time because I know she needs every penny right now.
In 1603 it was ordered that one quart of best ale, or two of small, should be sold for one penny.
Since the end of 1847, not a penny has come into his own pocket either through piano-playing and conducting, or through teaching.
A system of supplying school-children with penny dinners is the latest philanthropic movement.
In the same year he also manufactured two million penny tokens for our soldiers in Spain, which were not forbidden.

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