penny 核心词议：
n. （英）便士；美分
penny 基本解释
速记方法
速记技巧
词源记忆法
英国第一枚称作penny（便士）的硬币是公元8世纪中期麦西亚（Mercia）国王奥发（Ofa，？-796)效仿法兰克人发行的。法兰克人的硬币叫做novus denarius，所以在英国币制改为十进制的l971年以前，denarius之首字母d一直是作为penny(或pence）的缩写词，就如s代表shilling一样。penny一词很可能源自更早的一位麦西亚国王Penda（?一654）的姓氏或意为1weigh的拉丁语pendo。但有一点看法是普遍一致的：penny的词源是日耳曼语，和当代德语的Pfennig（芬尼）有亲缘关系。penny有两种复数形式：一为pennles，指硬币的个数，另一为pence，指价值
谐音记忆法
谐音：盆内，聚宝盆内是便士和美分。
知识扩展
重要短语
not a penny 一分钱也没有
pretty penny 一大笔钱
中文词源
penny 便士
来自古英语penig,便士，来自Proto-Germanic*panninggaz,便士，可能借自拉丁语panna,小盘子，词源同pan.即形如小盘子。
中文词源：
penny 便士
来自古英语penig,便士，来自Proto-Germanic*panninggaz,便士，可能借自拉丁语panna,小盘子，词源同pan.即形如小盘子。
penny
精选例句
1、 At first the price of single copies was seldom a penny-usually two or three cents was charged-and some of the older well-known papers charged five or six cents.
起初，一份报纸的价格很少是一美分——通常是两到三美分——一些较老的知名报纸要价五到六美分。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
2、 But the phrase "penny paper" caught the public's fancy, and soon there would be papers that did indeed sell for only a penny.
但是“一分钱的报纸”这个词引起了公众的兴趣，很快就会出现确实只卖一分钱的报纸。[机器自动翻译，如有错误，感谢纠错]
1、 Penny-pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidl rather than luxury alternatives.
精打细算的英国消费者会选择阿尔迪和利德尔等折扣店的廉价产品，而不是奢侈品。
1、 Most of the money would come from a penny-per-letter permanent rate increase and from shifting postal retirees into Medicare.
大部分资金将来自每封信一分钱的永久涨价，以及将邮政退休人员纳入医疗保险。
常见考点例句：
- How important is that swing of a penny ?
- 一个便士的差别有多重要？
- A disk of round flat bread costs about a penny .
- 一盘扁圆面包才卖大约一便士。
- I will not spend a single penny for the purpose of rewarding a single wall street executive , but I will do whatever it takes to help the small business that can 't pay its workers or the family that has saved and still can 't get a mortgage .
- 要奖励一位华尔街的高管，我会分文不给；但对于帮助那些付不起工人工资的小企业的事，以及那些已经得到救助还得不到抵押贷款的家庭，我都将尽全力以赴。
- Throw every other penny you possibly can at the debt with the lowest balance .
- 尽你所能，抛掉即使是一便士的债务，以获得最低的收支平衡。
- We went to see papa , granny and that penny candy counter every saturday .
- 每个星期六，我们都去看望爷爷和奶奶，同时也光顾那个一便士糖果柜台。