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threepenny adj.三辨士的;不足道的,廉價的(a three-pe...

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They give two threepenny bits to the gentleman at the turnstile and begin to waddle slowly up the winding staircase , grunting , encouraging each other , afraid of the dark , panting , one asking the other have you the brawn , praising god and the blessed virgin , threatening to come down , peeping at the airslits 她們付給把守旋轉柵門的人兩枚三便士銀幣,然后打著趔趄,慢慢騰騰地沿著那螺旋梯攀登,一路咕依著,氣喘吁吁,都害怕黑暗,相互鼓著勁兒。這個問那個帶沒帶上咸肉,并贊頌著天主和童貞圣母瑪利亞。

They shake out the threepenny bits and a sixpence and coax out the pennies with the blade of a knife 從罐里搖出幾枚三便士和一枚六便士的小銀幣,又用刀刃撥出些銅幣。