| 释义 |
fiver colloq.|ˈfaɪvə(r)|
[f. five + -er1.]
1. A five-pound note. In U.S. a five-dollar note.
1843Spirit of Times 7 Jan. 536/2 If any man heard more than a double X bet, he was in a livelier crowd than we met with. But in ‘fivers’ something was done. 1853G. J. Whyte-Melville Digby Grand i, Spooner..loses a five-pound note, or, as he calls it, a fiver. 1894Doyle S. Holmes 62 I'll lay you a fiver..that..you will never..hear from him again. 1931M. de la Roche Finch's Fortune xxiv. 315 Renny won a fiver off me.
2. Anything that counts as five (as a hit for five at cricket).
3. Thieves' slang. A fifth (term of imprisonment).
1872Daily News 27 Apr. 3/4 They announced that they were in for a ‘fiver’ or a ‘sixer’, according to the number of their visits to a particular gaol. |