名詞 halfpenny:

1. an English coin worth half a penny
   同義詞：ha'penny

1. Susan felt sure that she knew exactly the price of everything on the list and would count the change to the last halfpenny when she returned.
   蘇珊有把握自己知道單子上每樣?xùn)|西的確切價錢，回家后定會把找回的錢一分一厘都清點清楚。
2. Bangladesh has an army, but it is a twopenny halfpenny affair kept deliberately weak, with the security forces split into three separate groups.
   孟加拉國擁有一支軍隊，但是由于安全部隊分裂成三個獨立的派別，這支軍隊微不足道，并且有意使之弱小。
3. He was sent away and, a few days later, brought back, like the bad halfpenny.
   他被送走了，可沒過幾天，又像沒用的贗幣一樣被退回來了。

half.pen.ny

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 half.pence[h3.p…ns] 或 half.pen.nies

A British coin worth one half of a new penny.
半便士：一種英國硬幣，幣值是新版便士的一半
A British coin worth one half of an old penny, no longer in circulation.
半便士：一種英國硬幣，幣值是老便士的一半，已不再流通
The sum of one half of a penny.
半便士的數(shù)量