halfpenny信息详情
adj.半便士的；微不足道的
n.（英）半便士铜币；小钱
fourpence halfpenny farthing dance───四便士半便士的舞会
Don't bother her with such halfpenny things.───不要用这种微不足道的事情来打扰她。
After that there wasn't a halfpenny left.───那以后，连半便士也不剩了。
a halfpenny the worse.───一点也不差。
A halfpenny's the usual drop [gift], and you don't get even that unless you give them a bit of backchat.───人们一给经常是半便士，可是除非你跟他们聊天，否则连半便士也挣不到。
They never seem to have two halfpenny to rub together.───看来他们从没见识过大钱。
For many children, spending money was a Saturday penny and a Wednesday halfpenny.
His opinion is not worth a halfpenny.
She bought a halfpenny stamp.
Two pence per half-year might be taken for each cart, and one halfpenny for each pack-horse.
The jury awarded him the libel raspberry - a halfpenny - so he was forced to pay for the whole action.
Turn up again like a bad halfpenny.
A halfpenny’s the usual drop [gift], and you don’t get even that unless you give them a bit of backchat.
However, in compensation I did find a nice silver hammered halfpenny of Henry V and a few rose farthings.
Not a halfpenny the worse.