shilling是什么意思？

shilling

英[ˈʃɪlɪŋ] 美[ˈʃɪlɪŋ]

• n. 先令（英国1971年以前的货币单位，为一镑的二十分之一）；

复数：shillings;

例句

• Every penny was hard earned,and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it. 每个便士都那么难挣,对于每个先令,都是到万不得已时才花掉它。
• In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling. 从前,花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。
• Boats for hire:one shilling an hour. 游船出租:每小时一先令。
• He handed each of them a shilling. 他给了每人一个先令。
• He gave the boys a shilling apiece. 他给男孩子们每人一先令.
• Boats for hire: one shilling an hour. 游船出租: 每小时一先令.
• Shilling has been reborn as an artist. 希林以艺术家的身份再次出现。

词组

• not the full shilling
  (Brit. informal)not intelligent or quick thinking (英，非正式)脑子不灵，反应不快
• take the King's or Queen's shilling
  (Brit.)enlist as a soldier (英)入伍，当兵

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  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)
  A shilling was a unit of money used in Britain until 1971 which was the equivalent of 5p. There were twenty shillings in a pound.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  先令(英国1971年以前的货币单位, 为一镑的二十分之一)
  Boats for hire:one shilling an hour. 游船出租:每小时一先令。 In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling. 从前,花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒。 Every penny was hard earned,and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it. 每个便士都那么难挣,对于每个先令,都是到万不得已时才花掉它。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents
  2. the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents
  3. the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents
  4. the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents
  5. a former monetary unit in Great Britain
  6. an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound