| ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -penny-, *penny* |
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| | penny | (เพน'นี) n. เหรียญบรอนซ์อังกฤษที่มีค่าเท่ากับ 1/12 ซิลลิง pl. pennies | | pennyworth | (เพน'นีเวิร์ธ) n. จำนวนเล็กน้อย | | sixpenny | (ซิคซฺ'เพนนี) adj. 6เพนนี, มีค่าเล็กน้อย, ถูก, | | threepenny | (ธริพ'พะนี, เธรพ'พะนี, ธรัพ'พะนี) adj. เกี่ยวกับ 3 เพนนี | | tuppenny | (ทัพ'พะนี) adj. สองเพนนี | | twopenny | (ทัพ'พะนี) adj. จำนวน2เพนนี, เกี่ยวกับตะปูยาวหนึ่งนิ้ว, ไม่สำคัญ, ราคาถูก, กระจอก, Syn. insignificant, cheap |
| | | | | | | | penny | (n) a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound | | penny | (n) a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit, Syn. cent, centime | | penny ante | (n) a business deal on a trivial scale | | penny ante | (n) poker played for small stakes, Syn. penny ante poker | | penny arcade | (n) an arcade with coin-operated devices for entertainment | | pennycress | (n) any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi | | penny-pinch | (v) spend money frugally; spend as little as possible, Syn. nickel-and-dime | | penny pincher | (n) someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it) | | pennyroyal | (n) Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil, Syn. Mentha pulegium | | pennyroyal | (n) erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine, Syn. American pennyroyal, Hedeoma pulegioides |
| | Penny | a. Worth or costing one penny; as, penny candy. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Penny | n.; pl. Pennies r Pence Pennies denotes the number of coins; pence the amount of pennies in value. [ OE. peni, AS. penig, pening, pending; akin to D. penning, OHG. pfenning, pfenting, G. pfennig, Icel. penningr; of uncertain origin. ] 1. A former English coin, originally of copper, then of bronze, the twelfth part of an English shilling in account value, and equal to four farthings, or about two cents; -- usually indicated by the abbreviation d. (the initial of denarius). [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ “The chief Anglo-Saxon coin, and for a long period the only one, corresponded to the denarius of the Continent . . . [ and was ] called penny, denarius, or denier.” R. S. Poole. The ancient silver penny was worth about three pence sterling (see Pennyweight). The old Scotch penny was only one twelfth the value of the English coin. In the United States the word penny is popularly used for cent. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Any small sum or coin; a groat; a stiver. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Money, in general; as, to turn an honest penny. [ 1913 Webster ] What penny hath Rome borne,
What men provided, what munition sent? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. (Script.) See Denarius. [ 1913 Webster ]
Penny cress (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies (Thlaspi arvense). Also spelled pennycress. Dr. Prior. --
Penny dog (Zool.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. --
Penny pincher,
Penny father, a penurious person; a miser; a niggard. The latter phrase is now obsolete. Robinson (More's Utopia). --
Penny grass (Bot.), pennyroyal. [ R. ] --
Penny post, a post carrying a letter for a penny; also, a mail carrier. --
Penny wise, wise or prudent only in small matters; saving small sums while losing larger; penny-wise; -- used chiefly in the phrase, penny wise and pound foolish. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Penny | a. [ Perh. a corruption of pun, for pound. ] Denoting the weight in pounds for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand weight ten pounds. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Penny-a-liner | n. One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ] | | pennycress | n. Any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi; see penny cress. [ Also spelled penny cress. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | penny-pinching | n. Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
Syn. -- parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift. [ WordNet 1.5 ] | | penny-pinching | adj. Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as cheesparing.
Syn. -- cheeseparing, close. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] | | Pennyroyal | n. [ A corruption of OE. puliall royal. OE. puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), fr. pulex a flea; and royal is a translation of L. regium, in puleium regium. ] (Bot.) An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bastard pennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue. [ 1913 Webster ]
| | Pennyweight | n. A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of a troy ounce; 1.555 grams; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It is abbreviated dwt or pwt. It was anciently the weight of a silver penny, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ] | | penny-wise | adj. 1. Thrifty in small matters only. Used mostly in the phrase penny-wise and pound foolish. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] |
| | | | けち | [kechi] (n, adj-na) (1) (also 吝嗇) stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; cheesparing; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard; (2) shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; (3) petty; narrow-minded; quibbling; mean-spirited; (4) bad luck; ill omen; glitch [Add to Longdo] | | ペニー | [peni-] (n) penny [Add to Longdo] | | ペニーウェート | [peni-ue-to] (n) pennyweight [Add to Longdo] | | 一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣く | [いっせんをわらうものはいっせんになく, issenwowaraumonohaissenninaku] (exp) (id) Take care of the penny [Add to Longdo] | | 一文商い | [いちもんあきない, ichimon'akinai] (n) (a) penny store; business on a small scale [Add to Longdo] | | 尻の毛まで抜かれる | [けつのけまでぬかれる;しりのけまでぬかれる, ketsunokemadenukareru ; shirinokemadenukareru] (exp, v1) (id) to get ripped off for every last penny [Add to Longdo] | | 赤裸 | [あかはだか;せきら, akahadaka ; sekira] (adj-na, n, adj-no) (1) stark naked; nakedness; nudity; (2) stripped of all belongings; without a penny; (n) (3) (obsc) (See 裸麦) rye [Add to Longdo] | | 節約家 | [せつやくか, setsuyakuka] (n) (See 浪費家) pennypincher; saver; frugal person [Add to Longdo] | | 掃いて捨てるほど | [はいてすてるほど, haitesuteruhodo] (exp) a dime a dozen; two a penny [Add to Longdo] | | 爪で拾って箕で零す | [つめでひろってみでこぼす, tsumedehirottemidekobosu] (exp) (id) penny wise and pound foolish [Add to Longdo] |
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