英语词汇“shilling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINshilling

Origin:

Old English scilling

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Grandfather's wage was the magnificent sum of twelve shillings per week and of course he lived in a tied cottage.
He charges excessively high for them ... He gets a great deal by showing his landscapes at one shilling each visitor.
He could then expect to get around four pounds ten shillings.
He had nothing to offer them, he said, not a shilling.
That was to show off their ten shilling macs.
The count's demesne is worth 14 pounds, that of his knights 7 pounds and 7 shillings.
They amounted to the grand sum of twelve pounds and ten shillings - a fortune!
We sold our can of peaches for 2 shillings - about 500% profit!

WORD SETS► Currencies

bob, nounbureau de change, nouncent, nouncentime, nounchange, verbC-note, nouncoin, verbcoinage, nounconvertible, adjectivecrown, nouncurrency, nouncurrency peg, nound., decimalization, noundenomination, nounDeutschmark, noundevalue, verbdime, noundinar, noundollar, noundoubloon, noundough, noundrachma, nounducat, nounexchange rate, nounfarthing, nounfifty, numberfirm, adjectivefiver, nounfive-spot, nounfloat, verbforeign exchange, nounFr, franc, noungold, noungold card, noungroat, nounguilder, nounguinea, nounhalf crown, nounhalf dollar, nounhalfpenny, nounha'penny, nounhard currency, nounkrona, nounkrone, nounKrugerrand, nounlegal tender, nounlira, nounmark, nounmill, nounmint, nounmint, verbmoney, nounmoney supply, nounnickel, nounnote, nounp., paper money, nounparity, nounpence, nounpennies, penny, nounpennyworth, nounpetrodollars, nounpiece, nounquarter, nounquid, nounrand, nounrate of exchange, nounrevalue, verbriyal, nounrouble, nounruble, nounrupee, nounsawbuck, nounshekel, nounshilling, nounsilver, nounsilver dollar, nounsingle, nounsingle currency, nounsixpence, nounsoft currency, nounsovereign, nounsterling, nounstrong, adjectivetenner, nounthreepence, nounthreepenny bit, nountraveller's cheque, nountuppence, nountuppeny, adjectivetwopenny, adjectiveweaken, verbyen, nounyuan, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► cost

· Surprisingly, the sherry was an excellent one and had certainly cost a shilling or two.· I think it cost thirty shillings.· The stalls cost one shilling and three pence and the stately elegance of the circle a whole two bob.· It costs five shillings and sixpence to go round, and you need an awful lot of those to mend two acres of roof.· It had cost him twenty-five shillings, but worth it because of not being able to keep it out of the library long.· The metal was inevitably expensive, however, because sodium then cost fourteen shillings a pound.

► get

· I ain't got ten shillings, and if I did have I'd give it to the kids.· I've still got my twenty shillings.

► give

· He gave me a shilling, and three pence to come home with.· He had delivered Fong and also ensured that he would stay by faking a deal and giving Fong the sixty shillings.· He gave me a shilling to give the man when I got there.· But his grandfather he only saw in brief glimpses, when James called in the hope of being given a shilling.· He gave me a shilling for sweets.

► pay

· I must copy them myself, unless I want to pay one shilling for each sheet.· Who wanted to go to the Snake Park in Nairobi and pay two shillings just to see a python?· She paid him eight shillings - or 40p - a week to work at the 16-room house she had inherited.· They would pay you shillings thirty a can and you would become very rich.· Owner of most of Buckinghamshire, he refused to pay 20 shillings tax because Charles the 1st hadn't consulted Parliament.· He paid a shilling for a ticket to Paddington and, installed in a half-empty carriage, once again went over his plan.· They could pay a shilling each to come in, and sixpence for refreshments.· He don't love thee since Garty moaned so he had to pay back the two shilling given for thee.

► take

· If I could maybe take twenty shillings.· And not just from out-of-work professional whingers who take the Tory Press shilling to say Labour is dead.

单词	shilling
释义	shillingshil‧ling /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINshilling Origin: Old English scilling Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Grandfather's wage was the magnificent sum of twelve shillings per week and of course he lived in a tied cottage. He charges excessively high for them ... He gets a great deal by showing his landscapes at one shilling each visitor. He could then expect to get around four pounds ten shillings. He had nothing to offer them, he said, not a shilling. That was to show off their ten shilling macs. The count's demesne is worth 14 pounds, that of his knights 7 pounds and 7 shillings. They amounted to the grand sum of twelve pounds and ten shillings - a fortune! We sold our can of peaches for 2 shillings - about 500% profit! word sets WORD SETS► Currencies bob, nounbureau de change, nouncent, nouncentime, nounchange, verbC-note, nouncoin, verbcoinage, nounconvertible, adjectivecrown, nouncurrency, nouncurrency peg, nound., decimalization, noundenomination, nounDeutschmark, noundevalue, verbdime, noundinar, noundollar, noundoubloon, noundough, noundrachma, nounducat, nounexchange rate, nounfarthing, nounfifty, numberfirm, adjectivefiver, nounfive-spot, nounfloat, verbforeign exchange, nounFr, franc, noungold, noungold card, noungroat, nounguilder, nounguinea, nounhalf crown, nounhalf dollar, nounhalfpenny, nounha'penny, nounhard currency, nounkrona, nounkrone, nounKrugerrand, nounlegal tender, nounlira, nounmark, nounmill, nounmint, nounmint, verbmoney, nounmoney supply, nounnickel, nounnote, nounp., paper money, nounparity, nounpence, nounpennies, penny, nounpennyworth, nounpetrodollars, nounpiece, nounquarter, nounquid, nounrand, nounrate of exchange, nounrevalue, verbriyal, nounrouble, nounruble, nounrupee, nounsawbuck, nounshekel, nounshilling, nounsilver, nounsilver dollar, nounsingle, nounsingle currency, nounsixpence, nounsoft currency, nounsovereign, nounsterling, nounstrong, adjectivetenner, nounthreepence, nounthreepenny bit, nountraveller's cheque, nountuppence, nountuppeny, adjectivetwopenny, adjectiveweaken, verbyen, nounyuan, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► cost · Surprisingly, the sherry was an excellent one and had certainly cost a shilling or two.· I think it cost thirty shillings.· The stalls cost one shilling and three pence and the stately elegance of the circle a whole two bob.· It costs five shillings and sixpence to go round, and you need an awful lot of those to mend two acres of roof.· It had cost him twenty-five shillings, but worth it because of not being able to keep it out of the library long.· The metal was inevitably expensive, however, because sodium then cost fourteen shillings a pound. ► get · I ain't got ten shillings, and if I did have I'd give it to the kids.· I've still got my twenty shillings. ► give · He gave me a shilling, and three pence to come home with.· He had delivered Fong and also ensured that he would stay by faking a deal and giving Fong the sixty shillings.· He gave me a shilling to give the man when I got there.· But his grandfather he only saw in brief glimpses, when James called in the hope of being given a shilling.· He gave me a shilling for sweets. ► pay · I must copy them myself, unless I want to pay one shilling for each sheet.· Who wanted to go to the Snake Park in Nairobi and pay two shillings just to see a python?· She paid him eight shillings - or 40p - a week to work at the 16-room house she had inherited.· They would pay you shillings thirty a can and you would become very rich.· Owner of most of Buckinghamshire, he refused to pay 20 shillings tax because Charles the 1st hadn't consulted Parliament.· He paid a shilling for a ticket to Paddington and, installed in a half-empty carriage, once again went over his plan.· They could pay a shilling each to come in, and sixpence for refreshments.· He don't love thee since Garty moaned so he had to pay back the two shilling given for thee. ► take · If I could maybe take twenty shillings.· And not just from out-of-work professional whingers who take the Tory Press shilling to say Labour is dead. 1an old British coin or unit of money. There were 20 shillings in one pound.2the standard unit of money in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Somalia
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