shilling

shilling

英 ['ʃɪlɪŋ]
　　美 ['ʃɪlɪŋ]

n. 先令
　　n. (Shilling)人名；(英)希林

中文詞源：

shilling 先令

來自古英語 scilling,先令，貨幣單位，來自 Proto-Germanic*skillingoz,先令，可能來自 PIE*skel, 切，劈，割，詞源同 shale,scale.詞義由切引申為鑄造，最後用於貨幣單位，詞義演變比較 coin,shekel,pound.

例句：

1. Shilling has been reborn as an artist.
希林以藝術傢的身份再次出現。

2. He handed each of them a shilling.
他給瞭每人一個先令.

3. Boats for hire: one shilling an hour.
遊船出租: 每小時一先令.

4. He gave the boys a shilling apiece.
他給男孩子們每人一先令.

5. Every penny was hard earned, and every shilling was kept until I had to spend it.
每個便士都那麼難掙, 對於每個先令,都是到萬不得已時才花掉它.