shillings

英 [ˈʃɪlɪŋz]

美 [ˈʃɪlɪŋz]

n.  先令(英国1971年以前货币单位，一先令值12旧便士，20先令合一英镑); 先令(肯尼亚、乌干达、坦桑尼亚和索马里货币单位)
shilling的复数

柯林斯词典

• 先令(1971 年以前英国的货币单位，1先令值 5 便士，20 先令合1英镑)
  Ashillingwas a unit of money used in Britain until 1971 which was the equivalent of 5p. There were twenty shillings in a pound.

双语例句

• I could hardly scare up ten shillings.
  我连十个先令也得不到。
• After training on how to assess profit and loss, her profits rose to 20,000 shillings a week.
  在接受了如何评估利润和损失的培训后，她每周的利润增长到了2万先令。
• The advertised price was 168 dollars, but the shopkeeper knocked off the odd shillings.
  广告价格是168美元，但是店主减去了零头。
• When we went upstairs to bed, I realized that all my money had been spent, as eight shillings 'worth of food and drink was laid out on my bed in the moonlight.
  当我们上楼睡觉时，我意识到我的钱已经全部被花光了，因为借着月光可以看见，价值8先令的食品和饮料已经堆在我的床上。
• Pounds, shillings, and pence are the denominations of English money.
  英镑、先令、便士是英国的货币单位。
• This tea sells three shillings a pound.
  这种茶每磅3先令。
• Here's a generous spirit to scorn scraped-up shillings!
  这儿有一位慷慨豪爽人物，居然看不起收集先令来了！
• Then they implemented a rule that the guinea is worth twenty-one shillings.
  于是政府就执行了一个新令，规定一个几尼值二十一个先令的价值。
• He had been a witness to our bargain and to my payment of the five shillings.
  他是亲眼看见我们的约定，也看见我付了五个先令的。
• When I was young you could buy a packet for2 shillings.
  我年轻的时候，两先令就能买一包。