You can picture a cent as the smallest everyday coin: one hundredth of a dollar, almost nothing on its own. That tininess — a unit so small it barely counts — is what the figurative 'two cents' leans on too.
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
centnoun/sɛnt/
- 1
businessfinancemoneyA subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢.
- It's true. 1.7 cents to make 1 cent. That really makes the phrase “you have to spend money to make money” ring painfully true.
- 2
informalA small sum of money.
- He blew every last cent.
- Every cent aside from his own expenses for the barest kind of living went to his down-and-out buddies.
- 3
businessfinancemoneyA subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro.
- 4
businessfinancemoneyA coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses).
- 5
entertainmentlifestylemusicA hundredth of a semitone or half step.
- 6
A unit of reactivity equal to one hundredth of a dollar.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
- century
- Latincentum
- centigrade
- center
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