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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old woman disliked her eldest son, and she cut him off with a shilling.
  那老太太不喜欢她的长子，故而取消了他的遗产继承权。
• When I gave the beggar a shilling his face lit up.
  当我给这个乞丐一个先令时，他喜出望外。
• After he could speak, the rich man thanked the soldier, and only took out a shilling.
  等到可以说话以后，这个有钱人对战士表示了谢意，然后仅仅拿出了一先令。
• 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？