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词组 penny
释义 penny
noun
one dollar US
  • — David Claerbaut, Black Jargon in White America, p. 75, 1972
the penny drops; the penny’s dropped; the penny will drop in minute; did I hear a penny drop?
used in marking the belated understanding of something, often of a delayed appreciation of humour UK, 1951
There are more variations on this theme than are shown here.
  • Barry is amazed! Has the penny dropped? — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
  • Stein, and the other members, are unaware that they have entered a cult, because it was disguised as a Marxist-Leninist political organ-isation dedicated to creating cadres ready to fight for the cause. The penny drops only when she tries to leave the organisation — New Statesman, 6 January 2003
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