| 释义 |
leu|ˈleɪuː|
Pl. lei |ˈleɪ|.
[Rumanian, = lion.]
The basic monetary unit of Rumania.
1879Coin Chart Manual (N.Y.) 2 Value of U.S. Dollar... Roomania... 5 Lei 181/8 Ben Paras. 1896Hist. Banking III. vii. 333 Up to 1877 Roumania had no paper money. In that year, however, the Government issued non-compulsory notes of 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 500 lei. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 291/1 In Rumania the unit of account is the leu of 100 bani. 1921S. Graham Europe viii. 107 The twenty, the hundred, the thousand-crown notes are almost identical... Roumanian lei are also much the same in appearance. 1940G. Crowther Outl. Money viii. 305 Germany pushes up the value of the Reichsmark relatively to, say, the Roumanian leu; that enables her to quote a very attractive price, in lei, for wheat, without it costing her too much in Reichsmarks. 1967Economist 19 Aug. (Suppl.) p. xlii/3 All families with a joint income of 2,000 lei..are now obliged to buy their flat. |