The penny meters are slowly being replaced by electronic ones that take nickels, dimes, and quarters.
接受1美分硬币的收费表正逐渐被接受5美分、10美分和25美分的电子收费计所取代。
That year, Lincoln's likeness made its debut on the penny, thanks to approval from the U.S.
那一年，由于得到了美国的批准，林肯的肖像首次出现在便士上。
Try substituting a length of 14 gauge copper wire (common house wire) for the penny.
可以尝试使用14号铜线（家里最常见的那种）来提到硬币。
What's more, the penny-pinching has nothing much to do with the fact that Britain is skint.
更要紧的是，这吝啬基本不是因为英国真的是个穷光蛋。
As the number of people who, like boys, determined to seize the penny, do not want to be free.
多少人正像男孩一样，执意抓住那一分钱，不愿获得自由。
However, the penny farthing's popularity lasted only about 20 years, until the advent of the safety bicycle.
不过，随着安全自行车的出现，这种车子只流行了大约20年。
Finally the penny drops and a collective "ahh" is emitted as two women and the rickshaw driver rush off excitedly.
最后他们总算弄明白了，众人如释重负，齐声发出“啊”的叹息声，两个女人和人力车夫很兴奋地走开了。
So for me, the penny did not drop until Wednesday morning that the world now belongs to the generation below mine.
因此，对我而言，直到17日那个早晨我才肯相信，世界如今已经属于我的下一代了。
Improvise on the gluing the penny to the floor by cutting the penny in half using cutco scissors and keep the other half.
这个把戏你可以随时玩。用剪刀把一枚硬币剪成两半，放到地上，并把其中的一半用胶水粘到地上。
She causally mentioned that her daughter once had a coin collection, and asked if the penny he had found had been of some value.
先是提起自己的女儿曾经热爱收集硬币，接着她就问老公的老板，是不是刚才那一分钱有什么特殊之处。
We are talking about incredible small amout but that was more than one hundredth of the penny that our competitors would pay.
我们以上所说的不过是一小部分,但是，我们的竞争对手,要比我们多耗费100分。
Yesterday I saw the penny English newspaper for the very first time, I When it spread, unexpectedly not know from start where.
昨天我首次看了一分英文报纸，我把它摊开时，竟不知道从何处开始。
The trouble, he says, is that whereas the English wait deadpan for the penny to drop, Germans invariably explain their punch line.
但是，问题是，英国人会面无表情地等硬币落下来而德国人则认为很有笑点。
Perhaps there'll be a valuable learning experience, where someone teaches you about a difficult subject, and the penny finally drops.
或许他们会变成值得学习的经验，有些人会在某些非常难的科目上教导你，最后会破点小财。
In January the penny post was established, covering the whole country: in its first year it would double the volume of letters written.
一月，遍布伦敦的邮局建成了，第一年的书信量就翻了一番。
Golledge points out that this is a job with a lot of stress, not much support, and demands that include making every account balance to the penny.
高雷奇说，这份工作背负着很大压力，但支持并不多，要求繁多，其中包括使每一个账户余额精确到美分。
Then, to keep the financial datamart in sync with the general ledger, once data arrives there it is reconciled back to the data warehouse, down to the penny.
然后使财务数据集市与总帐保持同步，一旦数据到达那里，它被调和回数据仓库，甚至毫厘不差。
Milk Niang mama piece has been the person of responsibility, always always doesn't forget cautiously obey the penny of lord servant and sometimes lets Lan Hui also very helpless.
奶娘张嬷嬷一直是本分的人，时时都不忘恪守主仆之分，有时候让澜惠也十分无奈。
The large circumference of the penny-farthing's front wheel carried it farther and faster than anything that preceded it, much as China's economy has grown faster for longer than its predecessors.
“大小轮车”前轮的大轮径把车带得更远更快，超越了先前的任何东西，很像中国的经济，其成长快过先前时期，增长时间也更长。
I was always allowed to pick a penny candy when I came to the store with Grandma.
当我和奶奶来到商店时，她总是允许我选一便士的糖果。
At first the price of a copy of newspaper was seldom a penny—usually two or three cents was charged.
起初，一份报纸的零售价很少会是一分钱，通常会收取两、三分钱。
That holds double for the landlord or developer, who won't actually see a penny of the savings his investment in better insulation or a better heating system might generate.
这对房东或开发商来说是双倍的好处，因为他们实际上会看到，自己在更好的隔热或更好的供暖系统上的投资不会节省一分钱。
That holds double for the landlord or developer, who won't actually see a penny of the savings his investment in better insulation or a better heating system might generate.
这对房东或开发商来说是双倍的好处，因为他们实际上会看到，自己在更好的隔热或更好的供暖系统上的投资不会节省一分钱。
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