farthing
英 ['fɑ?e??]
美['fɑre??]
- n. 一點兒，極少量；法新（1961年以前的英國銅幣， 等于1／4便士）
- n. (Farthing)人名；(英)法辛
暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?farthings;
中文詞源
farthing 法尋（英國舊硬幣，值1/4舊便士）
farth, 四分之一，詞源同fourth.
英文詞源
- farthing
- farthing: [OE] Farthing has a long history as an English coin-name, going back to the 10th century, when it was used in translations of the Bible to render Latin quadrans, a quarter of a denarius. It was introduced into English currency (as a silver coin equal to a quarter of a penny) in the reign of Edward I; in Charles Il’s time copper was used for it, and from 1860 until its abolition in 1971 it was a bronze coin.
Appropriately, the term means literally ‘quarter’; it was originally a derivative of Old English fēortha ‘fourth’, formed with the suffix -ing denoting ‘fractional part’ (found also in riding [11], former name of the administrative areas of Yorkshire, which etymologically means ‘third part’).
=> four - farthing (n.)
- Old English feoreing (Old Northumbrian feoreung) "quarter of a penny; a fourth part," a diminutive derivative of feorea "fourth" (from feower "four;" see four) + -ing "fractional part." Cognate with Old Frisian fiardeng, Middle Low German verdink, Old Norse fjoreungr, Old Danish fjerdung "a fourth part of anything."
In late Old English also a division of land, probably originally a quarter of a hide. The modern English coin first was minted under Edward I and abolished 1961. The word was used in biblical translations for Latin quadrans "quarter of a denarius."I shall geat a fart of a dead man as soone As a farthyng of him. [Heywood, "Proverbs," 1562]
雙語例句
- 1. Farthing Lane's just above the High Street and parallel with it.
- 法辛巷剛好在大街的北面，與大街平行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He doesn't care a farthing.
- 他毫不在乎.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. 'I'll have my dues, and not a farthing over.
- 我母親說, “ 我只拿屬于我的錢,一個子兒也不多拿.
來自英漢文學 - 金銀島
- 4. I am ready to pay to the uttermost farthing.
- 我情愿把這筆債全部還清,連零兒都不剩.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He never gave away a farthing in his life.
- 他一輩子也沒白給人一個小銅子兒.
來自辭典例句