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shilling

/shil-ing/US // ˈʃɪl ɪŋ //UK // (ˈʃɪlɪŋ) //

先令,先林,先先令,先列

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cupronickel coin and former monetary unit of the United Kingdom, the 20th part of a pound, equal to 12 pence: retained in circulation equal to 5 new pence after decimalization in 1971. Abbreviation: s.
    • : a former monetary unit of various other nations, as Australia, Fiji, Ghana, Ireland, Jamaica, New Zealand, and Nigeria, equal to one twentieth of a pound or 12 pence.
    • : the monetary unit of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda, equal to 100 cents.
    • : any of various coins and moneys of account used in various parts of the U.S. in the 18th and 19th centuries.
    • : shilling mark.

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Examples

  • Kate Moss's Self Tanner: Kate Moss is now shilling self-tanner.

  • For him, "elitism" effectively means putting intellectual honesty before partisan shilling.

  • The hootenanny on political websites about the contest being up for grabs is shilling for advertising dollars.

  • Shilling, a native of Arkansas, pleaded guilty to a pair of wire-fraud counts last July.

  • According to court papers, Williams met Shilling at an Inglewood restaurant on July 10, 2006.

  • The King now increased it to the enormous sum of two shilling and ten pence.

  • He would haggle in a bargain for a shilling, and economize in things beneath a wise man's notice or consideration.

  • Many a fine meerschaum keeps up its cheerful fire on a shilling a-week.

  • The penny at that time was equal to a shilling of the present day, and would, relatively, purchase as much.

  • It ran from Leicester to Loughborough and back at a fare of one shilling, and carried 570 passengers.