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dirhem

/dir-hem, dih-rem, dir-uhm/US // dɪrˈhɛm, dɪˈrɛm, ˈdɪr əm //

邓丽君,邓小平,邓丽欣,邓小平同志

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various fractional silver coins issued in Islamic countries at different periods.

Examples

  • Was there but one dirhem in the world, thou wouldst obtain it by this means.

  • But I replied, I conjure thee by Allah that thou495 explain to me the meaning of the knife and the iron dirhem.

  • The military budget has neither increased a para, nor decreased a dirhem.

  • Dirhem, dir′hem, n. an oriental weight and silver coin, originally two-thirds of an Attic drachma.