单词 | drachma |
释义 | drachma —drachmal, adj. /drak"meuh, drahk"-/, n. , pl. drachmas, drachmae /-mee/. 1. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece, equal to 100 lepta. Abbr.: dr., drch. 2. the principal silver coin of ancient Greece. 3. a small unit of weight in ancient Greece, approximately equivalent to the U.S. and British apothecaries' dram. 4. any of various modern weights, esp. a dram. Also, drachm. [1520-30; < L < Gk drachmé, prob. equiv. to drach- base of drássesthai to grasp + -me n. suffix (hence lit., handful)] |
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