thaler

n. 元(德国的旧银币名)

发音

/ˈtɑːləɹ/

词形变化

thalers 复数 thalers

别名

taler

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A monetary unit used in a number of central and northern European countries, known locally as daalder (Netherlands), daler (Scandinavia), Taler, Thaler (Germany), etc.

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  2. 2.

    The currency of Baden from 1829 to 1837, valued at 100 Kreuzer.

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词源

Borrowed from German Thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, after Sankt Joachimsthal, the German city in which some of the earliest thalers were minted in 1518. Doublet of dollar and tolar.

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