wampum
['wɔmpəm]
n. 贝壳念珠, 金钱
例句与用法:
I brought some wampum from North America.
我从北美买了一些贝壳串珠。
n.
1. 贝壳串
2. 【美】【俚】钱
They paid a lot of wampum for the job.
他们为那工作付出很多的钱。
wampum
词义辨析:
同义参见:
necklace
wampum['wɔmpəm; 'wɔ:m-]n.1.■[美国英语]2.■(北美印第安人过去作货币用的)贝壳;念珠3.■[俚语]钱,财富
wampumwampum[ˈwɔmpəm]n.1.■贝壳串珠(以前印第安人作货币或饰品用)2.■[美俚]钱
[ˈwɒmpəm]
noun
- [mass noun](historical)a quantity of small cylindrical beads made by North American Indians from shells, strung together and worn as a decorative belt or other decoration or used as money
(史)贝壳串珠
- from Algonquian wampumpeag, from wap 'white' + umpe 'string' + the plural suffix -ag
wampum
名词 wampum:
informal terms for money
同义词:boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar
small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts; used by certain Native American peoples as jewelry or currency
同义词:peag, wampumpeag
wampum
■They paid a lot of wampum for the job
他们为那工作付出很多的钱。
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■Authorities said the boy is the son of the victim's live-in boyfriend at the home in Wampum, about 35 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
官方称该男孩是受害者同居男友的儿子,该男友住在距匹兹堡西北部35英里的威帕姆的家中。
■1. I brought some wampum from North America.
我从北美买了一些贝壳串珠。
■My recommendation is to get out your wampum and buy "Tribal Mozart.
我向您郑重推荐,这绝对是一张值得收藏的专集。
■One of the earliest forms of money, borrowed from the Indians, was wampum, black and white polished beads made from clam shells.
最早的一种货币形式是借用印第安人的贝壳串珠,一种蚌壳磨成的黑白珠子。
■White shell beads used as wampum.
白色贝壳串珠用作贝壳串珠的白色贝壳小珠
■In the American colonies one of the earliest forms of money, borrowed from the Indians, was wampum, black and white polished beads made from clam shells.
美洲殖民地最早的一种货币形式是借用印第安人的贝壳数珠,一种蚌壳磨成的黑白珠子。
■Wampum circulated as legal tender(注1) for private debts in Massachusetts until 1661 and was used as money in New York as late as 1701.
贝壳串珠在马萨诸塞作为用来清偿私人债务的法定货币一直流通到1661年,并在纽约作为货币使用直到1701年。
■Wampum circulated as legal tender for private debts in Massachusetts until 1661 and was used as money in New York as late as 1701.
贝壳数珠在马萨诸塞作为法定货币用来清偿私人债务一直流通到1661年,在纽约作为货币使用知道1701年。
■Hear this prayer of the wampum.
这是贝壳念珠祷告者。