a dime store

(出售廉价小商品的)一角商店.

10C--dime: The smallest coin, but one of the most useful

10C--10美分硬币:最小的硬币，但是最有用的一种。

You don’t have to pay a dime .

84. 你一分钱也不用花。

a nickel-and-dime job.

报酬极低的工作

A dime a dozen

比比皆是；寻常之物

Beadle:american publisher who in 1860 published the first dime novel, initiating a popular series of almost 3,000 books with virtually indistinguishable plots, implausible dialogue, and lashings of violence and suspense.

比德尔:美国出版商,1860年出版第一本廉价小说,并导致此后一系列近3000本畅销书的出版。这类书以故弄玄虚的情节、令人难以置信的对话、大量的暴力和悬疑而广受欢迎。

However,the ancient Greeks and Romans used coins of a definite value like our dime or quarter.At that time,animals were pictured on the coins.

不过，古希腊和古罗马人也使用类似我们今天的一角硬币或两角五分硬币那样有确实价值的硬币。不过在那时，硬币上画着动物图案。

Don`t squander your time in reading those dime novels.

不要把你的时间浪费在读那些粗制滥造的小说上.

Don’t squander your time in reading those dime novels

不要把你的时间浪费在读那些胡编乱造的廉价小说上。

a dime novel

低级趣味的小说.

a dime museum

简陋博物馆

She tossed the beggar a dime .

她把一枚一角银币扔给那乞丐。

She stopped on a dime .

她立即停止。

I clutched my dime tightly in my sweaty palm

紧紧地用汗手攥着那枚1角的硬币，

For example, a dime may not have ten cents’ worth of silver in it. The paper in a dollar bill may not be worth a full dollar.

举个例子，一角硬币里也许没有价值十美分的银子。一美元钞票所用的纸也并不值整整一个美元。

But I have met a lot of poor people who have never lost a dime . . .investing, that is.

可我曾经遇到过许多从未损失过一毫的穷人--我是说在投资活动中。

It’s a sure bet that a loaded vehicle of that size will not be able to stop on a dime

可以肯定,那种型号的满载卡车是不能在瞬间停下来的。

have not a blessed dime

连一角钱的美国(加拿大)硬币也没有.

A dime store sells notions.

廉价商店出售日用小商品

The big old monster greedily accepted my dime , and I heard the bottles shift.On tiptoes I reached up and opened the heavy door.

那个“老巨人”贪婪地吞下我的硬币，我听见了瓶子移动的声音。我踮起脚尖伸手摸索着打开了它厚重的门。

The big old monster greedily accepted my dime , and I heard the bottles shift

那个老巨人贪婪地吞下我的硬币，我听见了瓶子移动的声音。

I detected just the slightest hesitation in my father’s voice that day, but he said “Sure” and gave us each a dime .

那天，我注意到我父亲话语中有少许的犹豫，可是他回答说“当然”，给了我们每人一个10美分硬币。

Can you give me a dime for two nickels?

你能不能用两个五分镍币给我换一个一毛的镍币?

Can you give me a dime for two nickels?

你能给我把一角钱兑换成两个五分币吗?

a sports car that stops on a dime .

跑车在小范围内行驶

A dime . Just drop your money into the box.

十美分。把钱投到票箱里即可。

He is very stingy. He won’t give one more cent if you want a dime .

他特别抠门儿.如你问他要一毛钱,他多一分都不给你.

Opening his fist,he exposed a mound of silver coins. There must have been a million dollars there. He instructed me to pick out a dime . After he deposited the rest of the change back into his pocket, he stood up.

他张开手，露出了一堆宝贝似的银币。那里面一定有100万美元!他让我拿出一个1角的硬币。把零钱放回口袋后，他站了起来。

My heart pounded. I clutched my dime tightly in my sweaty palm. Excitement took my breath away.

我的心砰砰地跳着，紧紧地用汗手攥着那枚1角的硬币，兴奋地喘不上气来。

Can you give me a dime for two nickels?

我给你两枚五分镍币换你一枚一角银币，成吗?

on a dime

极小地方

dime store

一角商店(出售廉价商品的商店)

dime novel

ph.1. 故事动人但毫无文学价值的小

dime museum

简易博物馆

five-and-dime

专售廉价物品的商店(=a dime store)

a dime a dozen

[口]多得很, 不稀罕, 不值钱

nickel-and-dime

vt.1. 【美】【口】小气地花钱;一点一滴地消耗,a.1. 【美】【口】便宜的;琐碎的;微末的

get off the dime

vi.开始

do not care a dime

vi.毫不在乎

not give a dime a dozen

[美俚]认为毫无价值

Denver income maintenance experiment (DIME)

丹佛市收入维持试验