| 单词 | shilling |
| 释义 | shilling (once / 290 pages) n A shilling is an old British coin, roughly equal to a nickel. Twenty shillings were equal to one pound. The shilling isn't used any more in Great Britain, although other countries, like Uganda and Kenya, still use shillings. It was a small silver colored coin with a small value, similar to the nickel in the United States, that was used from the 1500's until Britain decimalised its currency in 1971 and stopped making shillings. The popular nickname for a shilling was a "bob." WORD FAMILYshilling: shillings USAGE EXAMPLESIn the Puritan colonies of North America, those who celebrated Christmas were fined five shillings. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) Wash this down with fresh ginger sugar cane juice for 150 shillings. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) Shilling says, “There will be other opportunities for me. You never say never.” Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1n a former monetary unit in Great Britain Syn|Hyper British shilling, bob British monetary unit monetary unit in Great Britain 2n an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound Hyper coin a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money 3n the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents Syn|Hyper Ugandan shilling Ugandan monetary unit monetary unit in Uganda 4n the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents Syn|Hyper Tanzanian shilling Tanzanian monetary unit monetary unit in Tanzania 5n the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents Syn|Hyper Somalian shilling Somalian monetary unit monetary unit in Somalia 6n the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents Syn|Hyper Kenyan shilling Kenyan monetary unit monetary unit in Kenya |
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