centime

centime — 名詞

1. a small unit of money used in some countries, with one hundred centimes making o

1.名詞C2
釋義

生丁

法郎等貨幣的百分之一

a small unit of money used in some countries, with one hundred centimes making one franc or another main currency unit such as a dirham or gourde.

例句

The old menu in Paris listed coffee at thirty-five centimes a cup.

Paris 那份舊菜單把咖啡標成一杯三十五生丁。

price pattern: [number] centimes

Bank records from Port-au-Prince still showed the tax in centimes.

Port-au-Prince 的銀行紀錄裡，這筆稅金仍以生丁計算。

in centimes — unit of account

常見搭配
  • thirty-five centimes
  • in centimes
  • one hundred centimes
  • to the nearest centime
同義詞
  • cent

    the closest English equivalent in currencies where the smaller unit is called a cent

  • penny

    a comparable small money unit or coin in British-related systems, not the French-based term

  • paisa

    the South Asian equivalent of a one-hundredth subunit in rupee-based systems

反義詞
  • franc

    the larger main unit made up of one hundred centimes

文法句型

[number] centimes

in centimes

one hundred centimes to the franc

用法筆記

Usually appears after numbers or in price statements. Distinguish from sense 2: sense 1 names the value inside a currency system, while sense 2 is the physical coin.

常見錯誤

One franc was worth ten centimes.
One franc was worth one hundred centimes.
a centime is one hundredth of the main unit, not one tenth.
The stamp cost fifty centime.
The stamp cost fifty centimes.
after numbers larger than one, the plural form is normally used.

2. a coin whose value is one centime.

2.名詞C2
釋義

生丁幣

面額一生丁的硬幣

a coin whose value is one centime.

例句

Ada found a silver centime under the bakery counter in Lyon.

Ada 在 Lyon 的麵包店櫃台下找到一枚銀色生丁幣。

The collector paid extra for a fifty-centime coin from colonial Algeria.

那位收藏家多付了一筆錢，買下一枚來自法屬 Algeria 的五十生丁硬幣。

a fifty-centime coin

常見搭配
  • silver centime
  • fifty-centime coin
  • drop a centime into the slot
  • worn centime
同義詞
  • one-cent coin

    an explicit label for a coin of this low value in another currency system

  • cent

    the nearest everyday equivalent in dollar-based and euro-based systems

文法句型

a centime

a fifty-centime coin

drop a centime into [slot/container]

用法筆記

Use this sense when the centime is a physical object that someone can hold, collect, or spend. If the sentence is about a price or exchange rate rather than a coin, sense 1 is the better match.

常見錯誤

She found a centimes in the drawer.
She found a centime in the drawer.
use the singular form for one coin.
He paid with a centime unit.
He paid with a centime coin.
this sense is the actual coin, not the value in the abstract.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • centime coin
  • centime value

常用片語

  • one hundred centimes to the franc
  • worth fifty centimes

介系詞搭配

  • in centimes