| 释义 |
▪ I. metical(le
see miskal.
▪ II. metical, n.|metiˈkal, anglicized ˈmɛtɪkæl|
Pl. meticais |metiˈkaɪʃ|, anglicized meticals.
[Pg. (cf. Sp. metical, old Pg. mitigal), f. Arab. miṯḳāl: see miskal n.]
The basic monetary unit in Mozambique since 1980, equivalent to 100 centavos.
1980Times 17 June 17/1 Mozambique closed its borders..yesterday to change the country's national currency from the old escudo to the metical (35 to the dollar). 1981Britannica Bk. of Year 1980 550/2 Monetary unit: metical (new currency introduced in June 1980 to replace the former escudo at par), with (Sept. 22, 1980) a free rate of 28 meticals to U.S. $1 (68 meticals = {pstlg}1 sterling). 1989New Yorker 22 May 66/2 The value of the metical..was such that, to pay for a few small items..I had to count out seven large piles of bills. 1991Times Lit. Suppl. 26 July 10/2 He flourished his pay-slip. 110,000 meticais a month, or about 110 US dollars. |