dime

名词 dime:

1. a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
2. street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
   同义词：dime bag

1. A dime is equivalent to ten pennies.
   一角等于十分。
2. 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？
3. The car can turn on a dime.
   这车能在极小的地方转弯。

dime

n.（名词）
A coin of the United States or Canada worth ten cents.
一角银币：美国或加拿大价值十美分的硬币
Slang A dime bag.
【俚语】 0美元毒品小包

<习惯用语>a dime a dozen
Overly abundant; commonplace.
过于丰富的；平凡的
on a dime
At a precise point; within a narrowly defined area:
在极小范围内：恰恰在这一点上；在一个狭窄的限定的区域内：
例句：
a sports car that stops on a dime.
跑车在小范围内行驶

来源：
Middle English [tenth part]
中古英语 [十分之一]
from Old French disme
源自 古法语 disme
from Latin decima (pars) [tenth (part)]
源自 拉丁语 decima (pars) [第十]
from decem [ten] * see dekô
源自 decem [十] *参见 dekô