farthing

英 ['fɑːðɪŋ] 美['fɑrðɪŋ]
  • n. 一点儿,极少量;法新(1961年以前的英国铜币, 等于1/4便士)
  • n. (Farthing)人名;(英)法辛

畅通词汇

词态变化


复数: farthings;

中文词源


farthing 法寻(英国旧硬币,值1/4旧便士)

farth, 四分之一,词源同fourth.

英文词源


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 feorðing (Old Northumbrian feorðung) "quarter of a penny; a fourth part," a diminutive derivative of feorða "fourth" (from feower "four;" see four) + -ing "fractional part." Cognate with Old Frisian fiardeng, Middle Low German verdink, Old Norse fjorðungr, 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]

双语例句


1. Farthing Lane's just above the High Street and parallel with it.
法辛巷刚好在大街的北面,与大街平行。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He doesn't care a farthing.
他毫不在乎.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. 'I'll have my dues, and not a farthing over.
我母亲说, “ 我只拿属于我的钱,一个子儿也不多拿.

来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

4. I am ready to pay to the uttermost farthing.
我情愿把这笔债全部还清,连零儿都不剩.

来自辞典例句

5. He never gave away a farthing in his life.
他一辈子也没白给人一个小铜子儿.

来自辞典例句