Shilling
['ʃɪlɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A silver coin, and money of account, of Great Britain and its dependencies, equal to twelve pence, or the twentieth part of a pound, equivalent to about twenty-four cents of the United States currency.
(n.) In the United States, a denomination of money, differing in value in different States. It is not now legally recognized.
(n.) The Spanish real, of the value of one eight of a dollar, or 12/ cets; -- formerly so called in New York and some other States. See Note under 2.
整理:罗拉
解釋/意思:
n. an English silver coin=12 pence.—Take the shilling to enlist as a soldier by accepting the recruiting-officer's shilling—discontinued since 1879.
錄入:万斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Every shilling of my money is tied up. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Gentlemen all, observe the dark stain upon this gentleman's hat, no wider than a shilling, but thicker than a half-crown. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- She had had a little black profile of him done for a shilling, and this was hung up by the side of another portrait over her bed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- A nod for each shilling. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Only there's one thing I order you to avoid, which, if you do not, I'll cut you off with a shilling, by Jove; and that's gambling. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- At last he began to pay me in halfpence at a time; and was full two hours getting by easy stages to a shilling. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I suppose Crawley had not a shilling in the world. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I bought nearly half a pint of their money for a shilling myself. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Before the Act of parliament which put a stop to the circulation of ten and five shilling notes, it filled a still greater part of that circulation. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The coachman answered, A shilling--unless you wish to make it more. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Then it must be a shilling, observed the coachman. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- I can cut him off with a shilling if I like. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I know that if a shilling were given me by Mr. Quinion at any time, I spent it in a dinner or a tea. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- A shilling changes masters more frequently than a guinea, and a halfpenny more frequently than a shilling. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- He had a shilling in his pocket; and he dined sumptuously, he tells me, on a black-pudding, an eel-pie, and a bottle of ginger-beer. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Sixteen shillings sterling, we are told by Mr Byron, was the price of a good horse in the capital of Chili. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Some pounds, odd shillings, and halfpence, I think, were mentioned. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The price is eight shillings the quarter of wheat. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Four shillings, Mr. Mawmsey? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Its real value was equal to ten shillings and threepence of our present money. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Twelve shillings a week, even when they are an old man's wages, bury themselves. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Not five shillings, sir; nor five pence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In 1425, twelve shillings contained about the same quantity of silver as four-and-twenty shillings of our present money. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- It is in England taxed at three shillings and fourpence a bushel; about three times the original price of the commodity. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Their wholesale price was six shillings, but the retailer would get twelve or more. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The youth shook his head Five shillings? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He's never content unless he gets my yellow-sealed wine, which costs me ten shillings a bottle, hang him! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Meantime, there's a few shillings for you, Grace, just to keep the pot boiling till custom comes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Five shillings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on till it becomes a hundred pounds. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Six shillings and eightpence was then, and long afterwards, reckoned the average price of a quarter of wheat. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
錄入:默多克