The ancestor of the modern bicycle was called a penny farthing. 现代自行车的原型叫做‘前轮大後轮小的自行车’.
The ancestor of the modern bicycle is called a penny farthing. 现代自行车的原型叫做‘前轮大後轮小的自行车’。
farthing
[ noun ] a former British bronze coin worth a quarter of a penny <noun.possession>
Farthing \Far"thing\, n. [OE. furthing, AS. fe['o]r[eth]ung, fr. fe['o]r[eth]a fourth, fe['o]r, fe['o]wer, four. See {Four}.] 1. The fourth of a penny; a small copper coin of Great Britain, being a cent in United States currency.
2. A very small quantity or value. [Obs.]
In her cup was no farthing seen of grease. --Chaucer.
3. A division of land. [Obs.]
Thirty acres make a farthing land; nine farthings a Cornish acre; and four Cornish acres a knight's fee. --R. Carew.
Milton, for example, earned about a farthing a line from "Paradise Lost."