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loose change

更新时间:2026-05-30 09:29:15   栏目: 在线翻译

loose change 是英语中表示“零钱”的常用短语,特指随身携带的硬币或小额纸币,主要用于小额支出。其英式音标为 /ˌluːs ˈtʃeɪndʒ/,美式音标为 /ˌluːs ˈtʃeɪndʒ/,由形容词 loose(零散的)和名词 change(找零、零钱)组合而成,强调货币的“零散状态”。

用法与搭配

核心含义:指口袋、钱包或容器中散落的小额硬币,也可泛指小额现金。
▶ 例:She always keeps loose change in her purse for bus fares.(她钱包里总装着零钱付公交车费。)

常见搭配

动词+loose change:carry(携带)、find(找到)、save(积攒)、empty(倒出)
▶ 例:He emptied a handful of loose change on the table.(他把一把零钱倒在桌上。)

介词+loose change:in(在……里)、for(为了)、with(用)
▶ 例:I paid the coffee with loose change from my pocket.(我用口袋里的零钱付了咖啡钱。)

例句

I could hear the familiar jangling of the loose change he always carried.(我能听到他随身携带的零钱发出熟悉的叮当声。)

You remember shaking the sofa cushions for loose change.(你记得翻沙发垫找零钱的日子。)

He puts his loose change in a money box for the children.(他把零钱放进给孩子们的储蓄罐。)

Thieves ransacked the office, taking a sack of loose change.(窃贼洗劫了办公室,拿走一袋零钱。)

She uses loose change to tip the street performers.(她用零钱给街头艺人小费。)

We saved loose change for months to buy a birthday cake.(我们攒了几个月零钱买生日蛋糕。)

The vending machine only accepts loose change, not bills.(自动售货机只收零钱,不收纸币。)

He scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change.(他在书桌抽屉里翻找零钱。)

Loose change often gets lost between sofa cushions.(零钱经常掉进沙发垫缝隙里。)

Can you lend me some loose change for the parking meter?(你能借我点零钱付停车费吗?)

注意事项

与“spare change”的区别:两者都可表示“零钱”,但 loose change 更强调硬币的“零散状态”,而 spare change 侧重“多余的、可腾出的零钱”。

不可数性:尽管指多个硬币,loose change 整体视为不可数名词,谓语动词用单数。
▶ 例:This loose change is enough for a bus ticket.(这些零钱够买一张公交车票了。)

从沙发垫下翻找硬币到自动售货机投币,loose change 是日常生活中小额交易的“隐形助手”。下次整理钱包时,不妨留意这些不起眼却实用的“零散财富”——它们或许正是解决燃眉之急的关键。