| 单词 | dollar |
| 释义 | dollar (dɒləʳ ) Word forms: dollars 1. countable noun A1 The dollar is the unit of money used in the USA, Canada, Australia, and some other countries. It is represented by the symbol $. A dollar is divided into one hundred smaller units called cents. She gets paid seven dollars an hour. The government is spending billions of dollars on new urban rail projects. The dollar is also used to refer to the American currency system. In early trading in Tokyo, the dollar fell sharply against the yen. 2. top dollar phrase If you pay top dollar for something, you pay a lot of money for it. [informal] People will pay top dollar for anything, as long as they think it's a rare treat. Idioms: you can bet your bottom dollar said to emphasize that you are absolutely certain that something will happen or that something is true A police insider was quoted as saying of the crime: `You can bet your bottom dollar Sinclair was involved.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the 64,000 dollar question a very important question that is very difficult to answer They asked the 64,000 dollar question: `So what makes a good marriage?' Faithfulness comes out top of the list on that. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 美元 Japanese: ドル |
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