| 单词 | dollar |
| 释义 | dollar (once / 57 pages) n Kaching! A dollar is a unit of currency or money. The United States, Canada, and Australia all use the dollar. The symbol for a dollar is $. If you say someone worships the all mighty dollar, that means they’re greedy. A dollar bill is the equivalent of 100 cents. There are also coins with the value of a dollar, although these are used less often in the US than in other countries. Sometimes dollar is shorthand for money, like when the Wu-Tang Clan raps, “Cash rules everything around me, dollar dollar bill y’all.” The word dollar comes from the German thaler, an early unit of German currency. WORD FAMILYdollar: dollars USAGE EXAMPLESNo one was hurt in the fires, but they did result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) I slide a trembling dollar into Luigi’s G-string and shriek, “Happy New Year.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “We think it should be large. He’s mentioned a trillion dollars. I told him that sounded good to me,” Schumer told ABC News. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents Hypo|Hyper Australian dollar the basic unit of money in Australia and Nauru Bahamian dollarthe basic unit of money in the Bahamas Barbados dollarthe basic unit of money in Barbados Belize dollarthe basic unit of money in Belize Bermuda dollarthe basic unit of money in Bermuda Brunei dollarthe basic unit of money in Brunei Canadian dollar, looniethe basic unit of money in Canada Cayman Islands dollarthe basic unit of money in the Cayman Islands Dominican dollarthe basic unit of money in Dominica Fiji dollarthe basic unit of money in Fiji Grenada dollarthe basic unit of money in Grenada Guyana dollarthe basic unit of money in Guyana Hong Kong dollarthe basic unit of money in Hong Kong Jamaican dollarthe basic unit of money in Jamaica Kiribati dollarthe basic unit of money in Kiribati Liberian dollarthe basic unit of money in Liberia New Zealand dollarthe basic unit of money in New Zealand Singapore dollarthe basic unit of money in Singapore Taiwan dollarthe basic unit of money in Taiwan Trinidad and Tobago dollarthe basic unit of money in Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu dollarthe basic unit of money in Tuvalu United States dollarthe basic unit of money in the United States Zimbabwean dollarthe basic unit of money in Zimbabwe Eurodollara United States dollar deposited in a European bank and used as an international currency to finance trade monetary unit a unit of money 2n a piece of paper money worth one dollar Syn|Hyper buck, clam, dollar bill, one dollar bill Federal Reserve note, bank bill, bank note, banker's bill, banknote, bill, government note, greenback, note a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank) 3n a United States coin worth one dollar the dollar coin has never been popular in the United States Hypo|Hyper Susan B Anthony dollar a United States coin worth one dollar cartwheel, silver dollara dollar made of silver coin a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money 4n a symbol of commercialism or greed he worships the almighty dollar the dollar sign means little to him Syn|Hyper dollar mark, dollar sign symbol an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance |
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