farthing
farthing 英 [ˈfɑ:ðɪŋ] 美 [ˈfɑrðɪŋ]
n. 一点儿，极少量；法新（1961年以前的英国铜币， 等于1／4便士）
名词复数:farthings
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- n. 一点儿，极少量；法新（1961年以前的英国铜币， 等于1／4便士）
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1. His cunning began here; he smiled habitually, by way of precaution, and was almost polite to everybody, even to the beggar to whom he refused half a farthing.
他为了防备他人而脸上经常带笑，几乎对所有的人，即使对一个向他讨一文钱而不得的乞丐，也都客客气气。
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2. However, the penny farthing's popularity lasted only about 20 years, until the advent of the safety bicycle.
不过，随着安全自行车的出现，这种车子只流行了大约20年。
- farthing (n.) Old English feorðing (Old Northumbrian feorðung) "quarter of a penny; a fourth part," a diminutive derivative of feorða "fourth" (from feower "four;" from PIE root *kwetwer- "four") + -ing "fractional part." Cognate with Old Frisian fiardeng, Middle Low German verdink, Old Norse fjorðungr, Old Danish fjerdung "a fourth part of anything."
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