shilling

英 ['ʃɪlɪŋ] 美['ʃɪlɪŋ]

n. 先令
n. (Shilling)人名；(英)希林

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英英释义

1. the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents

2. the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents

3. the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents

4. the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents

5. a former monetary unit in Great Britain

6. an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound

词组搭配

not the full shilling

(Brit. informal)not intelligent or quick thinking

(英，非正式)脑子不灵，反应不快

实用场景例句

He handed each of them a shilling.: 他给了每人一个先令.

The old woman disliked her eldest son, and she cut him off with a shilling.: 那老太太不喜欢她的长子, 故而取消了他的遗产继承权.

There are only one shilling and two sixpences in my purse.: 我的钱包里只有一先令十二便士了.

And one shilling threepence change.: 我找您一先令三便士.

I never borrowed a shilling in my life.: 我一辈子没该过谁一先令.

I will go you a shilling.: 我和你赌一个先令吧.

If I give you a shilling, we shall be all square.: 我给你一先令, 咱们就两清了.

A shilling life will give you all the fact.: 一先令的生命将给出所有事实.

Boats for hire: one shilling an hour.: 游船出租: 每小时一先令.

He put the shilling into the soldier's hand.: 他把这一先令放到了战士的手里.

Every penny was hard earned, and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it.: 每个便士都那么难挣, 对于每个先令,都是到万不得已时才花掉它.

Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling for your ring?: 亲爱的小猪, 你可愿意把你的指环卖上一先令?

In England he had seized a great mining corporation without investing a shilling.: 在英国,他没有投资一个先令,居然把一家规模宏大的采矿公司弄到了手.

In the old days you could get a pint of beer for a shilling.: 从前,花一先令就可以买到一品脱啤酒.

When I gave the beggar a shilling his face lit up.: 当我给这个乞丐一个先令时,他喜出望外.

His father cut her off without a shilling when she refused to obey him.: 她拒不听命于她的父亲,结果她父亲在遗嘱中连一个子儿也没留给她.

After he could speak, the rich man thanked the soldier, and only took out a shilling.: 等到可以说话以后, 这个有钱人对战士表示了谢意, 然后仅仅拿出了一先令.

Are you quite sure it was this grating the shilling was lost down?: “你敢肯定那个先令是从这个格栅掉下去的吗 ?”

I can't help you any more. Every shilling of my money is tied up.: 我不能再帮忙了, 我的每一个先令都派了用处.

I allow a shilling a week to each of the boys.: 我每星期发给每个男孩一个先令.

He gave the boys a shilling apiece.: 他给男孩子们每人一先令.

If you had seen these clothes after — but, as the shilling shockers say, we anticipate.: 如果事后你见到了这些衣服—但是, 用一句廉价惊险小说里的话说,此是后话, 暂且按下来不表.

The governor will not give you a shilling to start you in London.: 老板不会给你一先令让你上伦敦去开业的.

I bet you a shilling he has forgotten.: 他肯定忘掉了.

My grandfather was so irritated at her disobedience, he cut her off without a shilling.: 我外祖父见她不听话, 一气之下和她断绝了关系,一个子儿也不给她.

I bet people will pay a shilling to see this.: 我想人们一定愿意花一先令来看它这样子。

Shilling has been reborn as an artist.: 希林以艺术家的身份再次出现。

中文词源

shilling 先令

来自古英语 scilling,先令，货币单位，来自 Proto-Germanic*skillingoz,先令，可能来自 PIE*skel, 切，劈，割，词源同 shale,scale.词义由切引申为铸造，最后用于货币单位，词义演变比较 coin,shekel,pound.

助记提示

1. 音译“先令”，它是英国的旧辅币单位，一英镑 = 20先令，1先令 = 12便士。1971年英国货币改革时被废除。

双语例句

1. Shilling has been reborn as an artist.: 希林以艺术家的身份再次出现。

2. He handed each of them a shilling.: 他给了每人一个先令.

3. Boats for hire: one shilling an hour.: 游船出租: 每小时一先令.

4. He gave the boys a shilling apiece.: 他给男孩子们每人一先令.

5. Every penny was hard earned, and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it.: 每个便士都那么难挣, 对于每个先令,都是到万不得已时才花掉它.

英文词源

shilling: shilling: [OE] Shilling has relatives in the other Germanic languages – German schilling, Dutch schelling, and Swedish and Danish skilling – which point back to a prehistoric Germanic *skillinggaz. Where this came from, however, is a mystery. Among suggestions are that it was formed from the base *skel- ‘divide, separate’ (source of English scale, shell, etc), and hence denotes etymologically a ‘division’ of a standard unit of weight or currency; or from the base *skell- ‘resound, ring’ (source of Dutch schel ‘shrill’ and German schelle ‘bell’).
shilling (n.): Old English scilling, a coin consisting of a varying number of pence (on the continent, a common scale was 12 pennies to a shilling, 20 shillings to a pound), from Proto-Germanic *skillingoz- (cognates: Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Old Frisian, Old High German skilling, Old Norse skillingr, Dutch schelling, German Schilling, Gothic skilliggs).

Some etymologists trace this to the root *skell- "to resound, to ring," and others to the root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (perhaps via sense of "shield" from resemblance or as a device on coins; see shield (n.)). The ending may represent the diminutive suffix -ling, or Germanic -ing "fractional part" (compare farthing). Old Church Slavonic skulezi, Polish szeląg, Spanish escalin, French schelling, Italian scellino are loan-words from Germanic.

词态变化

复数: shillings;