單詞
cowrie
['ka?ri]
基本信息
- n. 寶貝；瑪瑙貝；貨貝（從前南亞和非洲部分地區(qū)作貨幣用的）
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?cowries;
中文詞源
cowrie 作為貨幣用貝殼
來自印度語，貝殼。
英文詞源
- cowrie (n.)
- small shell, used as money in parts of Asia, 1660s, from Hindi and Urdu kauri, from Mahrati kavadi, from Sanskrit kaparda, perhaps related to Tamil kotu "shell."
雙語例句
- 1. A hundred years ago you could still pay your taxes in Uganda in cowrie shells.
- 100年前你還能用子安貝貝殼在烏干達繳稅.
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