shroff

n. 钱币兑换商, 钱币鉴定人 vt. 鉴定(钱币)

发音

UK /ʃɹɒf/
其它
US /ʃɹɔf/
US /ʃɹɑf/

词形变化

shroffs 复数 shroffs shroffed shroffing shroffs 三单 shroffing 现在分词 shroffed 过去式 shroffed 过去分词

别名

schroff sheroff sheraffe sheriffe sharoffe sherrafe shraff shrofe sheraff shraf

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or (historical) a local expert at detecting bad coin.

    印度

    The sheraffs are poore and begerly.

    The breakfast soon dispatch'd, they're off, To borrow money from a shroff.

    Racing leads to the shroff quicker than anything else.

  2. 2.

    A cashier, especially for a car park.

  3. 3.

    The office of such a cashier at a car park etc.

v.
  1. 1.

    To act as a shroff, especially (historical) to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.

    印度 及物

    I represented... that the money could not be divided till it was shroffed.

词源

A British Indian variant of saraf, from Urdu صراف (sarrāf) and Persian صراف (sarâf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

来源：wiktionary