cent
/sent/ (bre, ipa) · [sˈɛnt] /sent/ (ame, ipa) · [sˈɛnt] /ˈsent/ (ame, mw)
cent — 名詞
- centsingular
- centsplural
1. a small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a dollar. One cent is the same a
美分
美元百分之一單位
a small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a dollar. One cent is the same as one percent of a dollar, and there are one hundred cents in a dollar bill. A one-cent coin is commonly called a penny in the United States.
Nikhil found a penny — a one-cent coin — on the floor of the school bus.
Nikhil 在校車地板上撿到一枚一分錢硬幣。
one-cent coin used as appositive clarification
A first-class stamp now costs seventy-three cents, up from last year.
第一類郵件的郵票現在要七十三美分，比去年漲了。
When the total came to eight dollars and twelve cents, Lucas handed the cashier a ten-dollar bill.
總金額是八美元十二美分，Lucas 遞給收銀員一張十美元鈔票。
Harper dropped a quarter, two dimes, and three cents onto the counter.
Harper 把一枚兩毛五、兩枚一毛和三枚一分錢硬幣放在櫃檯上。
Every cent of the money raised at the bake sale went to the animal shelter.
義賣活動募到的每一分錢都捐給了動物收容所。
- penny
everyday US term for a one-cent coin; strictly informal and refers only to the coin, not to the value unit
用法筆記
In the United States and Canada, a one-cent coin is usually called a penny rather than a cent coin, but the value is always described in cents (e.g., 'costs ninety-nine cents').
常見錯誤
2. a small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a euro, used in the countries of
歐分
歐元百分之一單位
a small unit of money equal to one hundredth of a euro, used in the countries of the eurozone. Euro cents exist as coins in eight different values: one, two, five, ten, twenty, and fifty cents, plus one and two euros.
Felix paid one euro and fifty cents for a fresh baguette at the bakery.
Felix 花了一歐元五十歐分在麵包店買了一條新鮮的法國長棍麵包。
pattern: [euro amount] and [cent amount]
The parking meter in Chiara's neighborhood costs twenty cents for ten minutes.
Chiara 家附近的停車收費器每十分鐘要二十歐分。
Dario emptied his pockets and found forty-two euro cents in loose change.
Dario 掏出口袋，發現了四十二歐分的零錢。
A loaf of bread in Lisbon costs around one euro and thirty cents.
在里斯本，一條麵包大約要一歐元三十歐分。
Rodrigo picked up a two-euro-cent coin from the pavement outside the station.
Rodrigo 在車站外的人行道上撿起一枚兩歐分硬幣。
用法筆記
Euro cents are used in all twenty eurozone countries. When there is a risk of confusion with US or Canadian cents, write or say euro cents instead of just cents.