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来自古英语 scilling,先令,货币单位,来自 Proto-Germanic*skillingoz,先令,可能来自 PIE*skel, 切,劈,割,词源同 shale,scale.词义由切引申为铸造,最后用于货币单位,词义演变比较 coin,shekel,pound.
The old woman disliked her eldest son, and she cut him off with a shilling.
那老太太不喜欢她的长子, 故而取消了他的遗产继承权.
来源:网络文摘精选If you had seen these clothes after — but, as the shilling shockers say, we anticipate.
如果事后你见到了这些衣服—但是, 用一句廉价惊险小说里的话说,此是后话, 暂且按下来不表.
来源:网络文摘精选In England he had seized a great mining corporation without investing a shilling.
在英国,他没有投资一个先令,居然把一家规模宏大的采矿公司弄到了手.
来源:词典精选例句Are you quite sure it was this grating the shilling was lost down?
“你敢肯定那个先令是从这个格栅掉下去的 吗 ?”
来源:网络文摘精选After he could speak, the rich man thanked the soldier, and only took out a shilling.
等到可以说话以后, 这个有钱人对战士表示了谢意, 然后仅仅拿出了一先令.
来源:网络文摘精选His father cut her off without a shilling when she refused to obey him.
她拒不听命于她的父亲,结果她父亲在遗嘱中连一个子儿也没留给她.
来源:网络文摘精选A shilling was a unit of money that was used in Great Britain before the early 1970s.
先令是20世纪70年代早期以前英国使用的货币单位。
来源:中考真题- 2016 北京 阅读表达My grandfather was so irritated at her disobedience, he cut her off without a shilling.
我外祖父见她不听话, 一气之下和她断绝了关系,一个子儿也不给她.
来源:网络文摘精选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.
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