释义 |
pengo|ˈpɛŋgøː| Pl. pengo, -oes. [Hungarian pengö, lit. ‘ringing’.] The basic monetary unit of Hungary from 1927 to 1946.
1926Glasgow Herald 4 Jan. 12/2 To-day the new Hungarian currency, the pengo, is quoted for the first time. 1927Times 28 Feb. 11/7 The Hungarian government has assigned a sum of 322,820 pengoes..for..a new Hungarian Legation building in London. 1930Observer 23 Feb. 11/2 He earns twenty pengo a week. 1932Daily Express 2 July 12/1 The amounts due to bondholders will be deposited in pengoes in the Hungarian National Bank. 1947Whitaker's Almanack 917/1 The Pengo (of 100 Filler) was superseded in August, 1946, by a new currency, the gulder. |