shilling

英 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ]

美 [ˈʃɪlɪŋ]

n. 先令(英国1971年以前货币单位，一先令值12旧便士，20先令合一英镑); 先令(肯尼亚、乌干达、坦桑尼亚和索马里货币单位)

复数：shillings　

Collins.1 / BNC.5693 / COCA.23182

牛津词典

noun

先令（英国1971年以前货币单位，一先令值12旧便士，20先令合一英镑）
a British coin in use until 1971, worth 12 old pence. There were 20 shillings in one pound.
先令（肯尼亚、乌干达、坦桑尼亚和索马里货币单位）
the unit of money in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia

先令(1971 年以前英国的货币单位，1先令值 5 便士，20 先令合1英镑)
Ashillingwas a unit of money used in Britain until 1971 which was the equivalent of 5p. There were twenty shillings in a pound.

noun

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？
He put the shilling into the soldier's hand.
他把这一先令放到了战士的手里。
I never borrowed a shilling in my life.
我一辈子没该过谁一先令。
Silly Billy hid a shilling.
傻贝利藏了一个先令。
I wrote about this in January of2007, based on material from Gary Shilling and others, plus my own research, although I think I wrote about it in an earlier letter as well.
我写的这个2007年1月，根据从加里先令和其他人，加上我自己的研究材料，但我觉得我写在以前的信中关于它的。
( in former British currency) shilling ( s) Twenty shillings used to make one pound.
（旧时英国货币的）先令.20先令在过去等于1镑。
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。
He handed each of them a shilling.
他给了每人一个先令。
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。
The mother says,@ I want one ticket to oxford@ and gives her a shilling.
那位母亲说：“我买一张到牛津的票。”然后给了售票员一先令。