doubloon
英 [dʌ'bluːn]
美[dʌ'blun]
- n. 达布隆(古西班牙金币)
英英释义
- 1. a former Spanish gold coin
中文词源
doubloon 达布隆(西班牙旧时的金币)
来自double, 双倍。因这种金币为普通金币币值的两倍而得名。
英文词源
- doubloon (n.)
- 1620s, from French doublon (16c.) and directly from Spanish doblon a gold coin, augmentative of doble "double" (coin so called because it was worth twice as much as the Spanish gold pistole), from Latin duplus "double" (see double (adj.)). Also see -oon.