euro

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #11290

n. 欧元（欧盟的统一货币单位）

发音

UK /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/
US /ˈjʊɹoʊ/
US /ˈjɝoʊ/

词形变化

euros 复数

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €

    欧元

    欧罗

  2. 2.

    A coin with a face value of one euro.

  3. 3.

    Abbreviation of European, in any sense.

    euro size

    euro style pad

  4. 1.

    Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

monetary unit

相关短语

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词源

The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.

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