shekel

n. 钱, 财富, 硬币 [经] 以色列币

发音

US /ˈʃɛkəl/

词形变化

shekalim shekels 复数 shekels shekalim 复数

别名

sheqel

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A currency unit of both ancient and modern Israel.

    锡克尔

    So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

  2. 2.

    Money.

    俚语
  3. 3.

    An ancient unit of weight equivalent to one-fiftieth of a mina.

    历史

    And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;

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词源

From Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel, “shekel”), from שָׁקַל (shakál, “to weigh”), from Akkadian 𒂅 (šiqlum).

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