查询词典 penny-pinching

You know how that old children's story goes, when an acorn (or an apple--depending on the version you read) falls on her head she thinks the sky is falling. And as she encounters her friends, Henny Penny, Cocky Locky and Goosey Poosy, she is so convincing that they each stop what they are doing and get caught up in the mass hysteria of it all.

你是知道的，那个古老的儿童故事的内容：从前，有一个橡子(或苹果--根据你的读物)掉在了她的头上，当她遇到了自己的朋友Henny Penny，Cocky，Locky还有Goosey Poosy，她显得深信无疑，至于她的朋友们都停下在做的事情，都染上了集体歇斯底里。

Instead, we're told he drives a courtesy van at Bill Penny Toyota in Huntsville, Alabama.

代替他登领奖台的是，他告诉我们那时他正在试驾一辆面包车，跑在阿拉巴马州Huntsville镇的Bill Penny丰田汽车销售店附近。

Penny and Kohl's declined substantially (13% and 9% respectively).

Penny和Kohl的销售额也大幅下降（13％和9％）。

Leonard: I want to get to know Penny's friends, I just...

我想认识些Penny的朋友，我就是。。。

And as the tractor beam is pulling Penny and you to aliens' mother ship...

然后传输光束把你和 Penny 带去外星人的母舰。。。

At the 2009 Penny Arcade Expo we were able to check out SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 and play through one of the snowy mountain missions to get a feel for the game on the PSP Go.

在2009年度的Penny Arcade Expo中，我们尝试到了《海豹突击队：布拉沃火线小组3》并在PSP Go上试玩到了一关雪山场景的关卡。

Things behind the scenes have simply been thatbusy getting Aion ready for this week's Penny Arcade Expo inSeattle, last week's Games Convention in Leipzig.

而实际上我们在幕后一直在忙于准备在本周的西雅图举行的Penny Arcade Expo游戏展上展示工作，以及上周的莱比锡游戏大会上的事情。

The popular reading of the day was a " Penny Dreadful " which depicted haunting tales, and these publications couldn ' t resist.

那个时候最流行的读物叫" Penny Dreadful"，它是描写神鬼故事的，这类读物是人们无法抗拒的。

That's the story of Penny.

这就是Penny的故事了。

That's the kind of story I heard from Penny, a registered nurse who lives in Seattle.

我们来听听Penny的故事，她是一个注册护士，现居住在西雅图。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。