单词farthing
n.: 法寻（英国旧硬币，值 旧便士）
网络: 法新；极少量；一点儿
法寻（英国旧硬币，值 旧便士）:
in the past, a British coin worth one quarter of an old penny
四分之一旧便士
〔主要用于否定句〕一点儿,极少量
法新〔1961年以前的英国铜币,等于四分之一便士〕
复数：farthings
Nobody had bought anything of her the whole livelong day; no one had given her a single farthing.
这一整天谁也没有向她买过一根；谁也没有给她一个铜板。
Brighter than all the gladness of the crowd was the bright smile of a girl who bought for a farthing a whistle of palm leaf.
比人群所有的喜悦更明丽的，是一个小姑娘灿烂的微笑，她花一分钱买到一个棕榈叶哨子。
I never spend a farthing on myself, but you don"t seem to understand how hard it is.
也没在我自己身上花过一分钱。可是你好像不知道当家有多难。
I don"t give a brass farthing for what you think, I"m going to do it anyway.
至于你怎么想我毫不在乎，不管怎样，我都打算干。
of the crowd was a little boy"s trouble -- he had not a farthing to buy a painted stick .
比一切群众的烦恼更深的，是一个小男孩的烦恼——他连买那根带颜色的小棍的一文钱都没有。
Do not buy what you want, but what you need; what you do not need is a dear at a farthing.
不要买你想要的，买你需要的；你不需要的东西哪怕一分钱也是贵的。
He was in such absolute dependence as to be without a farthing of his own.
但是他却是完全寄人篱下，所以自己连一个钱都没有。
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
两个麻雀，不是卖一分银子吗？若是你们的父不许，一个也不能掉在地上。
answered Heathcliff; "but his life is not worth a farthing, and I won"t spend a farthing on him. "
希刺克厉夫回答，‘可是他的生命一文不值，我也不要在他身上再花一个铜子儿啦！’
Eight days hence I will give you your full shares in money, without defrauding you of a farthing, as you will see in the end.
八天之内，我把你们每人分得的钱全部给你们，一分也不会少，你们到时候就知道了。