shilling
shilling 英 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ] 美 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ]
n. 先令
名词复数:shillings
- A shilling is an old British coin, roughly equal to a nickel. Twenty shillings were equal to one pound.
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- n. 先令
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1. In former times, 12 pence went to a shilling.
过去，十二便士等于一先令。
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2. 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。
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3. Walter Scott wanted to give him a six penny piece to reward him for this service; but not finding any in his purse he presented him with a shilling saying, "You will owe me six pence, my good fellow.
沃尔特•司各脱想奖赏给他一枚六便士的硬币,但他在钱包里找不到便士,于是他给了他一个先令,说:"你将欠我六便士,我亲爱的朋友.
- shilling (n.) Old English scilling, a coin consisting of a varying number of pence (on the continent, a common scale was 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound), from Proto-Germanic *skillingoz- (source also of Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Old Frisian, Old High German skilling, Old Norse skillingr, Dutch schelling, German Schilling, Gothic skilliggs).
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