look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence

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词形变化

looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence 三单 looks as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence looking as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence 现在分词 looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence 过去式 looked as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence 过去分词

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    To look very disappointed.

    英国 习语

词源

In pre-decimal British money, a sixpence was worth half a shilling.

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