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

Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling Your ring?
亲爱的小猪，你可愿意把你的指环卖上一先令？
And one shilling threepence change.
我找您一先令三便士。
( 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。
That was a bad shilling I had.
那是我所剩的最后一分钱了。
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。
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。
We wanted this to be a twenty shilling coin but now in the market it's trading at twenty-one.
我们希望它是一个值二十先令的硬币，但现在它在市场上以二十一个先令的价值来交换。
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。
Silly Billy hid a shilling.
傻贝利藏了一个先令。
He handed each of them a shilling.
他给了每人一个先令。