shillings是什么意思？

shillings

英['ʃɪlɪŋz] 美['ʃɪlɪŋz]

• n. 先令（英国1971年以前的货币单位，为一镑的二十分之一）( shilling的名词复数 )；

例句

• When he received his money, he found that five shillings had been knocked off for expenses incurred. 当他收到钱时, 他发现已扣去了五先令的费用。
• The advertised price was 168 dollars, but the shopkeeper knocked off the odd shillings. 广告价格是168美元, 但是店主减去了零头。
• Coal used to cost 3 shillings a sack. 以往一袋煤值三先令.
• I will venture five shillings on it. 我愿为它赌五先令.
• The charge for labor works out at almost ten shillings an hour. 付给工人的费用算下来每小时差不多十先令.

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.