scudo

n. 19世纪以前的意大利银币单位

词形变化

scudi scudoes scudos 复数 scudos scudoes 复数 scudi 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

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  2. 2.

    A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

  3. 3.

    A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles.

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词源

Borrowed from Italian scudo (“a crown, a dollar, a shield”), from Latin scutum (“a shield”). Compare the doublets scute, escudo, scutum, and écu.

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