farthings
英 [ˈfɑːðɪŋz]
美 [ˈfɑrðɪŋz]
n. 法寻(英国旧硬币，值 ¼ 旧便士)
farthing的复数
柯林斯词典
- 法寻(英国小硬币，面值为旧制便士的 1/4)
A farthing was a small British coin which was worth a quarter of an old penny.
双语例句
- Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
五个麻雀，不是卖二分银子吗。但在神面前，一个也不忘记。 - It, however, had thought," With that money you can buy yourself a piece of zwieback," and had kept the farthings, hiding them in the cracks in the floor.
也许小孩那时想：“我可以用它为自己买块饼乾。”于是就私自留下了钱，藏在了地板缝里。 - They lives rough and they risk swinging, but they eat and drink like fighting cocks, and when a cruise is done, why, it's hundreds of pounds instead of hundreds of farthings in their pockets.
他们过着艰苦的生活，还要冒上绞架的危险，但他们像斗鸡一样能吃能喝。一次出海归来后，他们口袋里装着的不是几百个铜钱，而是几百英镑。 - Therefore it had had no rest in its grave, and had come every day at noon to look for these farthings.
因为他在坟墓中不得安宁，所以每天中午来找那两枚钱。 - People don't use farthings now.
人们现在不用法寻了。 - They ripped up the floor and found two farthings which the child had once received from its mother to give to a poor man.
于是他们打开了地板，找到了两个硬币，那是一次孩子向母亲讨来准备给穷人的。