shillings

英 [ˈʃɪlɪŋz]

美 [ˈʃɪlɪŋz]

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)
shilling的复数

柯林斯词典

• 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.

双语例句

• ( 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。
• Shillings have now gone out of use.
  先令已不再使用了。
• So they had a guinea which they said was twenty shillings and then there were two coins either shillings or guineas that was the money at the time.
  于是，他们就生产出了，一个等同于二十先令的几尼，所以出现了两种硬币，先令或是几尼，这是当时流行的货币。
• The advertised price was 168 dollars, but the shopkeeper knocked off the odd shillings.
  广告价格是168美元，但是店主减去了零头。
• Pounds, shillings, and pence are denominations of English money.
  金镑、先令、便士为英国钱币的单位名称。
• Sally's landlady has put up the rent by10 shillings a week.
  莎莉的女房东把房租每周提了10先令。
• This tea sells three shillings a pound.
  这种茶每磅3先令。
• Here's a generous spirit to scorn scraped-up shillings!
  这儿有一位慷慨豪爽人物，居然看不起收集先令来了！
• I will venture five shillings on it.
  我愿为它赌五先令。
• That will save you twelve shillings a week.
  那将可使你每星期节省十二先令。