Shekel

['ʃek(ə)l] or ['ʃɛkl]

(noun.) the basic unit of money in Israel.

伊丽莎白手打--From WordNet

(n.) An ancient weight and coin used by the Jews and by other nations of the same stock.

(n.) A jocose term for money.

伊诺克校對

n. a Jewish weight (about half-an-ounce avoirdupois) and coin (about 2s. 6d. sterling): (pl.) money (slang).

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The sealed shekel, a stamped piece of silver, came very near to being a coin. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
Not a shekel, not a silver penny, not a halfling--so help me the God of Abraham! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
Abraham weighs to Ephron the four hundred shekels of silver which he had agreed to pay for the field of Machpelah. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
Templars love the glitter of silver shekels as well as the sparkle of black eyes. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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