farthing

• n. 一点儿，极少量；法新（1961年以前的英国铜币， 等于1／4便士）
• n. (Farthing)人名；(英)法辛

farth, 四分之一，词源同fourth.

farthing

farthing: [OE] Farthing has a long history as an English coin-name, going back to the 10th century, when it was used in translations of the Bible to render Latin quadrans, a quarter of a denarius. It was introduced into English currency (as a silver coin equal to a quarter of a penny) in the reign of Edward I; in Charles Il’s time copper was used for it, and from 1860 until its abolition in 1971 it was a bronze coin.

Appropriately, the term means literally ‘quarter’; it was originally a derivative of Old English fēortha ‘fourth’, formed with the suffix -ing denoting ‘fractional part’ (found also in riding [11], former name of the administrative areas of Yorkshire, which etymologically means ‘third part’).
=> four

farthing (n.)

Old English feorðing (Old Northumbrian feorðung) "quarter of a penny; a fourth part," a diminutive derivative of feorða "fourth" (from feower "four;" see four) + -ing "fractional part." Cognate with Old Frisian fiardeng, Middle Low German verdink, Old Norse fjorðungr, Old Danish fjerdung "a fourth part of anything."

In late Old English also a division of land, probably originally a quarter of a hide. The modern English coin first was minted under Edward I and abolished 1961. The word was used in biblical translations for Latin quadrans "quarter of a denarius."

I shall geat a fart of a dead man as soone As a farthyng of him. [Heywood, "Proverbs," 1562]

来自柯林斯例句

2. He doesn't care a farthing.

他毫不在乎.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. 'I'll have my dues, and not a farthing over.

我母亲说, “ 我只拿属于我的钱,一个子儿也不多拿.

来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

4. I am ready to pay to the uttermost farthing.

我情愿把这笔债全部还清,连零儿都不剩.

来自辞典例句

5. He never gave away a farthing in his life.

他一辈子也没白给人一个小铜子儿.

来自辞典例句