halfpenny

n. 半便士硬币, 半便士价值

发音

UK /ˈheɪp(ə)ni/
UK /ˌhɑːfˈpɛni/
US /ˈheɪp(ə)ni/
US /ˌhæfˈpɛni/

词形变化

halfpence halfpennies 复数 halfpennies halfpennys halfpence 复数

别名

½d halfepenie halfepenny halfepeny halfepenye halfpenie halfpeny halfpenye halpeny halpenye hapeney hapenny ha'penny happenny hawpny

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Senses chiefly with the plural form halfpennies.

    A discontinued English (later British) coin worth half of one penny (old or new).

    英国 定语 历史
  2. 2.

    Senses chiefly with the plural form halfpennies.

    A similar coin formerly used in Ireland and Scotland.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 定语 历史 引申义
  3. 3.

    Senses chiefly with the plural form halfpence.

    An amount of money that the English (later British) coin was worth.

    英国 定语 历史
  4. 4.

    Senses chiefly with the plural form halfpence.

    An amount of money that the Irish or Scottish coin was worth.

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 定语 历史 引申义
  5. 5.

    A postage stamp worth half of one penny.

    历史 引申义
  6. 6.

    A usually semicircular earmark made in the ear of a livestock animal.

    澳大利亚 美国 古体 植物学 商务 引申义
  7. 7.

    A small piece; a fragment.

    比喻 废旧 引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

ha'penny

上位词 1

coin

相关短语

shove halfpenny n. 打硬币游戏 bord halfpenny three halfpenny shove ha'penny [网络] 障碍赛马 three halfpence

词源

From Middle English halpeni, halfpeni (“English coin worth half a penny; coin used in biblical times; small foreign coin”), and then either: * from half (“half”) (from Old English healf; ultimate etymology unknown, possible from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to incline”) or *(s)kelH- (“to cut; to separate, split”)) + peni, penni (“English coin; coin used in biblical times; foreign coin; (especially in the plural) cash, money; pennyweight”) (from Old English penning, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz (“coin, penny”); further etymology uncertain); or * from Late Old English halpene, halpenige (which can also be construed as early Middle English), from healf + penning (see above). By surface analysis, half + penny.

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