单词乎

dime

音标[daim]

汉语翻译

n. 10分硬币(美、加)

英语解释

名词 dime:

  1. a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
  2. street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
    同义词:dime bag

例句

  1. A dime is equivalent to ten pennies.
    一角等于十分。
  2. Can you give me a dime for two nickels?
    你能不能用两个五分镍币给我换一个一毛的镍币?
  3. The car can turn on a dime.
    这车能在极小的地方转弯。

详细解释


dime

n.(名词)
A coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents.
一角银币:美国或加拿大价值十美分的硬币
Slang A dime bag.
【俚语】 0美元毒品小包

<习惯用语>a dime a dozen
Overly abundant; commonplace.
过于丰富的;平凡的
on a dime
At a precise point; within a narrowly defined area:
在极小范围内:恰恰在这一点上;在一个狭窄的限定的区域内:
例句:
a sports car that stops on a dime.
跑车在小范围内行驶

来源:
Middle English [tenth part]
中古英语 [十分之一]
from Old French disme
源自 古法语 disme
from Latin decima (pars) [tenth (part)]
源自 拉丁语 decima (pars) [第十]
from decem [ten] * see dekô
源自 decem [十] *参见 dekô


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