shilling

['ʃiliŋ]

n.先令(货币单位)

例句与用法:

The sum of one pound and one shilling.

相当于一磅一先令的数额

Have they pay you five shilling?

他们付给你五先令了吗?

A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling.

畿尼1663年到1813年之间英国发行的金币,价值相当于一磅一先令。

Twenty shillings were equal to one pound before 1971.

1971年前,二十先令等于一英镑。

详细释义:

n.[C]

1. 先令(1971年前原英国货币单位, =1/20镑)

2. 一先令银币(或铜镍合金硬币)

3. (肯尼亚、索马里、乌干达等国的)先令

4. 先令(美国早期货币单位)