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

• Pounds, shillings, and pence are the denominations of English money.
  英镑、先令、便士是英国的货币单位。
• When I was young you could buy a packet for2 shillings.
  我年轻的时候，两先令就能买一包。
• At last he had nothing left but a pair of slippers, an old dressing-gown, and four shillings.
  最后他只剩下四个毫子，此外还有一双便鞋和一件旧睡衣。他的朋友们现在再也不愿意跟他来往了，因为他再也不能跟他们一道逛街。
• That will save you twelve shillings a week.
  那将可使你每星期节省十二先令。
• 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。
• Twenty shillings used to make one pound.
  20先令在过去等于1镑。
• 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。
• I was paid only six shillings a week.
  他们只付我一星期6先令的工钱。
• When we went upstairs to bed, I realized that all my money had been spent, as eight shillings 'worth of food and drink was laid out on my bed in the moonlight.
  当我们上楼睡觉时，我意识到我的钱已经全部被花光了，因为借着月光可以看见，价值8先令的食品和饮料已经堆在我的床上。
• After training on how to assess profit and loss, her profits rose to 20,000 shillings a week.
  在接受了如何评估利润和损失的培训后，她每周的利润增长到了2万先令。