rix-dollar

短语

n. 银币(从前在荷、德等国使用的)

发音

UK /ˈɹɪksˌdɒlə/

词形变化

rix-dollars 复数

别名

reekes doller reichs doller rexdolar rexdoler rexdollar rexdoller ricksdoller rycksdollar rix dollar rix doller rixe dollar rich dollar

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A silver coin and money of account in use from the late-16ᵗʰ to the mid-19ᵗʰ centuries in the European Teutonic countries and their imperial trading networks.

    历史

    He sent for the celebrated necromancer who lived at the sign of the Goatskin and whose familiar spirit so plagued the thief that he returned the stolen goods to their rightful owner, for which the sorcerer was paid ten rix-dollars.

  2. 2.

    A unit of currency introduced into certain former European colonies such as Cape Province and Ceylon.

    历史

词源

Borrowed from obsolete Dutch rijcksdaler (modern rijksdaalder), after early modern German Reichsthaler.

来源：wiktionary