two-bit的词源

英文词源

two bits (n.)

"quarter dollar," 1730, in reference to the Mexican real, a large coin that was pided into eight bits; see bit (n.1). Compare piece of eight (see piece (n.)). Two bits thus would have equaled a quarter of the coin. Hence two-bit (adj.) "cheap, tawdry," first recorded 1929.

中文词源

two-bit：微不足道的

two,二，bit,一种 12.5 分硬币。引申词义微不足道的。

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