sixpence

I allowed the two pennies to fall against the sixpence in my pocket..我把口袋里的两个便士跟六便士撞在一块。

The sherry went to my head and I was im- poverished for days by the loss of sixpence..六便士的酒钱落到我头上，接下来几天我几乎身无分文。 这里的女主人叫艾伦?

In 1749 some 12, 000 people paid two shillings sixpence each to hear Handel’s 100-piece band rehearse his Royal Fireworks Music at Vauxhall Gardens(Forsyth, 1985)..大约1.2万人在1749年支付了两先令六便士，聆听了亨德尔在沃克斯霍尔园林的皇家烟火音乐的100人排练(福塞斯，1985)。