| 单词 | shekel |
| 释义 | shekel /shek"euhl/, n. 1. Also, sheqel. a paper money, cupronickel or silver coin, and monetary unit of Israel equal to 100 agorot: replaced the pound in 1980. 2. an ancient, orig. Babylonian, unit of weight, of varying value, taken as equal to the fiftieth or the sixtieth part of a mina or to about a quarter to half an ounce. 3. a coin of this weight, esp. the chief silver coin of the ancient Hebrews. 4. shekels, Slang. money; cash. [1550-60; < Heb sheqel] |
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