| 释义 |
half sovereign in American English a former British gold coin equal to ten shillings half sovereign in American Englishnouna gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings Word origin [1495–1505 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1495–1505. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catechism, outside, runt, slope, trafficExamples of 'half sovereign' in a sentencehalf sovereign From one victim he stole two krugerrands and a half-sovereign; from others a worthless ceramic dish and rosary beads. |