| 单词 | shilling |
| 释义 | Related topics: Currenciesshil·ling /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ noun [countable] 1. an old British coin or unit of money. There were 20 shillings in one pound. 先令〔英国的一种旧货币单位，二十先令等于一英镑〕2. PECthe standard unit of money in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Somalia 先令〔肯尼亚、乌干达、坦桑尼亚和索马里的货币单位〕Examples from the Corpusshilling• We sold our can of peaches for 2 shillings - about 500% profit!• The count's demesne is worth 14 pounds, that of his knights 7 pounds and 7 shillings.• He had nothing to offer them, he said, not a shilling.• He charges excessively high for them ... He gets a great deal by showing his landscapes at one shilling each visitor.• They amounted to the grand sum of twelve pounds and ten shillings - a fortune!• He could then expect to get around four pounds ten shillings.• That was to show off their ten shilling macs.• Grandfather's wage was the magnificent sum of twelve shillings per week and of course he lived in a tied cottage.Origin shilling Old English scillingshil·ling nounChineseSyllable There money. coin unit of British 20 an or old Corpus were |
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