Pier dues
[经] 码头税
🧩 词语组成解析
pier
[piə]
n. 码头，防波堤;桥墩;窗间壁;
dues
[du:s]
n. 税，应付款，该缴之款;应有的权利，应得到的东西( due的名词复数 );应缴款（如俱乐部会费）;会费;
🗣️ 情景例句
We can write letters. It's cheaper than calling.
我们可以写信就好，那比打电话便宜。
Stop beating around the bush and tell me who won.
不要东拉西扯了，告诉我谁赢了。
Oh, Pierre, how wonderful! But I don't think we can go. I haven't got an evening dress for the ball! And a new dress costs over four hundred francs.
啊，比尔，太棒了！不过，我想我们去不成。我没有参加舞会的晚礼服啊！而一件新的晚礼服得花400多法郎。