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
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
- the basic unit of money in Kenya
- the basic unit of money in Somalia
- the basic unit of money in Tanzania
- the basic unit of money in Uganda
双语例句
- Tired of monotonous work as a farm labourer he took the King's shilling.
他对当农场工人干单调无味的工作已经厌倦，因此入伍当兵了。 - There are only one shilling and two sixpences in my purse.
我的钱包里只有一先令十二便士了。 - Silly Billy hid a shilling.
傻贝利藏了一个先令。 - ( in former British currency) shilling ( s) Twenty shillings used to make one pound.
（旧时英国货币的）先令.20先令在过去等于1镑。 - We wanted this to be a twenty shilling coin but now in the market it's trading at twenty-one.
我们希望它是一个值二十先令的硬币，但现在它在市场上以二十一个先令的价值来交换。 - In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.
从前，花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。 - 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。 - I wrote about this in January of2007, based on material from Gary Shilling and others, plus my own research, although I think I wrote about it in an earlier letter as well.
我写的这个2007年1月，根据从加里先令和其他人，加上我自己的研究材料，但我觉得我写在以前的信中关于它的。 - He remembered the days when you could get thirteen Royal Natives for a shilling.
他一直忘不了一个先令就可以买十三只大牡蛎的日子。 - 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？