shilling

英 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ]

美 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ]

n.  先令(英国1971年以前货币单位，一先令值12旧便士，20先令合一英镑); 先令(肯尼亚、乌干达、坦桑尼亚和索马里货币单位)

复数：shillings　

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Collins.1 / BNC.5693 / COCA.23182

牛津词典

noun

• 先令（英国1971年以前货币单位，一先令值12旧便士，20先令合一英镑）
  a British coin in use until 1971, worth 12 old pence. There were 20 shillings in one pound.
• 先令（肯尼亚、乌干达、坦桑尼亚和索马里货币单位）
  the unit of money in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia

柯林斯词典

• 先令(1971 年以前英国的货币单位，1先令值 5 便士，20 先令合1英镑)
  Ashillingwas a unit of money used in Britain until 1971 which was the equivalent of 5p. There were twenty shillings in a pound.

英英释义

noun

• an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
• a former monetary unit in Great Britain
  Synonym:British shillingbob
• the basic unit of money in Kenya
  Synonym:Kenyan shilling
• the basic unit of money in Somalia
  Synonym:Somalian shilling
• the basic unit of money in Tanzania
  Synonym:Tanzanian shilling
• the basic unit of money in Uganda
  Synonym:Ugandan shilling

双语例句

• I will go you a shilling.
  我和你赌一个先令吧。
• He packed some food for the tramp and giving him a shilling, set him on his way.
  他给那个流浪汉一些吃的，一个先令，然后送走了他。
• That was a bad shilling I had.
  那是我所剩的最后一分钱了。
• You had to put a shilling in the meter every now and again.
  你每隔一段时间就得往煤气表里放1个先令。
• I allow a shilling a week to each of the boys.
  我每星期发给每个男孩一个先令。
• Are you quite sure it was this grating the shilling was lost down?
  你敢肯定那个先令是从这个格栅掉下去的吗？
• Wait a minute! I've got a shilling.
  等等！我有一先令。
• The mother says,@ I want one ticket to oxford@ and gives her a shilling.
  那位母亲说：“我买一张到牛津的票。”然后给了售票员一先令。
• He handed each of them a shilling.
  他给了每人一个先令。
• Silly Billy hid a shilling.
  傻贝利藏了一个先令。