1An amount of something that may be bought for a penny.
一便士价值的东西
a pennyworth of chips
价值一便士的油炸土豆条。
Example sentencesExamples
Quickly I gave my order, ‘a loaf, a pot of jam and a pennyworth of sweets.’
But then I never have found a conspiracy theory worth wrapping six penn'orth of chips in.
All of them, appropriately for a bank, contributed their pennyworth.
Meter charges for Wood Street and the Square will not make a pennyworth of difference.
The prosecutor told the court that the defendant had purchased two pennyworth of sweets and then went round the side of the stall and ‘gave it a push’ sending the stall crashing to the ground.
He smiled at Chrissy through the car window as he squirted the last pennyworth in and twisted the petrol cap back on.
If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.
In any mind which has a pennyworth of imagination it produces a good attitude towards foreigners.
It seems quite possible that the same readers bought both pennyworths.
I think it's high time we called a halt to all those penn'orths of tar we've been applying to the ship.
1.1archaic Value for one's money.
〈古〉钱花得值；合算买卖
2one's pennyworthA person's contribution to a discussion.
Bob would have to put his two pennyworth in first
Example sentencesExamples
It is something I am quite interested in so I thought my two pennyworth might help.
My two pennyworth on this is that the policemen must have been pretty bored (or Anthony was wearing his dustmask and they thought he was a danger to the public).
She adds her own pennyworth.
He added: ‘Once you get into the realms of private property we are waiting for people to come along and put their two pennyworth in.’
My two pennyworth: perhaps some of the difficulties involved work as a kind of sacrifice of time and energy to increase the sense of dedication to the working?
Definition of pennyworth in US English:
pennyworth
nounˈpɛniˌwərθˈpenēˌwərTH
British
1An amount of something that may be bought for a penny.
一便士价值的东西
a pennyworth of chips
价值一便士的油炸土豆条。
Example sentencesExamples
The prosecutor told the court that the defendant had purchased two pennyworth of sweets and then went round the side of the stall and ‘gave it a push’ sending the stall crashing to the ground.
I think it's high time we called a halt to all those penn'orths of tar we've been applying to the ship.
But then I never have found a conspiracy theory worth wrapping six penn'orth of chips in.
It seems quite possible that the same readers bought both pennyworths.
Meter charges for Wood Street and the Square will not make a pennyworth of difference.
He smiled at Chrissy through the car window as he squirted the last pennyworth in and twisted the petrol cap back on.
If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.
In any mind which has a pennyworth of imagination it produces a good attitude towards foreigners.
Quickly I gave my order, ‘a loaf, a pot of jam and a pennyworth of sweets.’
All of them, appropriately for a bank, contributed their pennyworth.
1.1one's pennyworthA person's contribution to a discussion, especially one that is unwelcome.
〈英〉（尤指令人讨厌的）发言，讲话
Example sentencesExamples
She adds her own pennyworth.
My two pennyworth: perhaps some of the difficulties involved work as a kind of sacrifice of time and energy to increase the sense of dedication to the working?
It is something I am quite interested in so I thought my two pennyworth might help.
He added: ‘Once you get into the realms of private property we are waiting for people to come along and put their two pennyworth in.’
My two pennyworth on this is that the policemen must have been pretty bored (or Anthony was wearing his dustmask and they thought he was a danger to the public).