tuppenny-ha'penny

短语

发音

/ˌtʌpəni ˈheɪpəni/
/ˌtʌpni ˈheɪpni/

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Very cheap.

    爱尔兰 英国 贬义

    You’d think he’d lost a Rolex rather than that tuppenny-ha’penny old watch of his.

  2. 2.

    Alternative form of twopenny-halfpenny (“petty, insignificant”).

词源

From tuppenny + ha’penny, i.e. “worth 2½ (old) pence”.

来源：wiktionary