bullion

FREQ #28149

n. 金银, 金银块, 纯金 [经] 金银锭

发音

其它 /ˈbʊl.jən/

词形变化

bullions 复数 bullions

别名

boullion

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bulk quantity of precious metal, usually gold or silver, assessed by weight and typically cast as ingots.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Base or uncurrent coin.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  4. 4.

    A heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  5. 5.

    The mark left on a glass piece from its attachment to a punty.

    可数 不可数 艺术

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

precious metal ingot

相关短语

doré bullion

词源

From Middle English bulloin, bullioun, from Anglo-Norman bullion, of obscure origin, perhaps from French bouillon, extending the sense to that of ‘melting’. Middle Dutch boelioen (“base metal”) seems to have come from the unrelated French billon.

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